Crossing Europe

Revanche

2 hr. 1 min. | Drama, Crime | N/A

Alex and Tamara. She is a prostitute from Ukraine, he is her boss's messenger. They love each other, but have to keep it a secret. They want to escape, but need money first. Alex comes up with a plan to steal a bank in a suburban village. Tamara wants to ride together, Alex, though reluctantly, agrees. Everything goes according to plan until the cop shows up. He shoots a couple of times and hits Tamara. After her death, Alex hides in his grandfather’s farm. He is overwhelmed with pain, grief, and hatred for the man responsible for Tamara’s death. Alex finds a cop. He watches him, spies, meets police officer Suzana. Soon the lives of all these people will change ...

“I keep thinking and thinking: is this a film about revenge? Is it about reconciliation? Is it about identity searches? Such sayings are just worn-out phrases that really mean nothing. I don’t work that way. "Revenge is a story, not a theory depicted in images," says director Götz Spielmann.

Languages
German
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Produced
2008: Austria