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Old 04-27-2006, 07:11 PM   #1
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Just watched this German film on Sky Cinema tonight. I think they're doing a world cinema season or something like that so it'll probably be on again.

First heard about it at the end of 2004 when the IFI had it on in Dublin but I couldn't make it. It's about 2 friends who style themselves as a socialist revolutionary group known as The Edukators. They break into rich people's homes when they're empty, but don't steal anything, instead re-arranging the furniture and leaving a message signed off with "The Edukators."

One of them has a girlfriend who is deeply in debt to a businessman after wrecking his car in an accident and she persuades the other guy (not her boyfriend) to perform one of their break-ins on the businessman.

From then things go sort of wrong and they end up kidnapping him.

Don't want to ruin the plot further. The film does get a bit heavy handed and perhaps a bit contrived at times with the political diatribe from the young folk, but that's a minor thing, very minor. If you can look past that, if you're a conservative type, it's a very good film about the difference between young people and older people in today's world, about how attitudes change as you grow older, about the strength of ideals and friendship.

I also found the girl in it very attractive in an unusual sort of way.

Good show.

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408777/



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Old 05-13-2006, 10:11 AM   #2
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I thought it was a good film.

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I think that the man they kidnapped was in a frozen fright and took some time reacting before turning them in, but it could also have been that he manipulated them all along. What does everybody think?
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*SPOILER*

I thought it was that he was genuinely enjoying himself again with the kids, bringing back memories of his old life, but when he got back home again he slipped into his previous attitude again after his time away. Basically I think it's another comment on how ideals change depending on your age and life situation.

Their kidnapping him had nothing to do with their principles, they did it because of self-preservation and they admit that towards the end. I am guessing the man got back to his house, saw what they did to it and his family's possessions then decided to turn them in.
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