The Promotion

Name: Amok
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015-05-28
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Tilo Nest, Charly Hübner, Heike Hanold-Lynch

Original title: Amok

2014
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

158

YOUR RATING

Drama

'Amok' tells 48 hours of the live of Lorenz Fuchs, a middle aged gray accountant who believes his triste and monotonous life being meaningless and absurd. For him the outside world was alway... Read all'Amok' tells 48 hours of the live of Lorenz Fuchs, a middle aged gray accountant who believes his triste and monotonous life being meaningless and absurd. For him the outside world was always hostile and aggressive. When his Boss not only unexpectedly promotes him but also reveal... Read all'Amok' tells 48 hours of the live of Lorenz Fuchs, a middle aged gray accountant who believes his triste and monotonous life being meaningless and absurd. For him the outside world was always hostile and aggressive. When his Boss not only unexpectedly promotes him but also reveals that he knows about his well covert emotional failings, Fuchs is thrown out of his daily... Read all

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

158

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

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Slow pacing and inexplicable story

This film tells the story of a depressed accountant, who works for a firm that is about to go under. He surprisingly gets a promotion from his boss, and will move to an office in another city with the boss. However, he does not react the same way as would be expected.

"Amok" begins with a long continuous shot of the mundane life of Lorenz getting ready to go to work. The shot continues into the hallway then the lift, then a rooftop garden. I appreciate the nice camera work there, but I rapidly lose my appreciation for this film due to the ultra slow pacing. The pace does reflect Lorenz's state of mind well, and the actor playing Lorenz does a very good job in portraying a character that is close to being lifeless. However, the film is just not so interesting to watch. I get the vague idea why he does what he does at the very end of the film, but I just can't get into his brain and make sense of his action. The whole film descends into a mystery and I find the story rather inexplicable.