Your coworker asks you to spy on your only friend. What could go wrong?
Johannes, a new assistant at the university, is asked to provide reports on an Algerian colleague - who is suspected of being a sleeper. He refuses, but the seed of doubt has been planted. A fragile friendship which is overshadowed by professional and emotional competition eventually leads to betrayal.
Acting
Nebbou's controlled warmth vs. Trost's crumbling fragility.
Direction
Heisenberg makes bureaucracy feel like psychological warfare.
Writing
Dialogue so mundane it scalds.
Director
Benjamin Heisenberg
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