22nd German Film Festival (Golden Village)
In the Aisles
Language
German with English subtitles
Cast
Franz Rogowski, Sandra Hüller, Peter Kurth
Synopsis
Director Thomas Stuber’s latest film, labelled “an utterly engrossing and richly humane workplace drama” by The Guardian, is set in a wholesale market. Introverted Christian (Happy End’s Franz Rogowski) discovers love, friendship and a whole new world between the aisles of the market where he has started working. Bruno (Peter Kurth) from the Beverage aisle takes him under his wing and quickly becomes a fatherly friend to him. In the aisles, he meets “Sweets” – Marion (Toni Erdmann’s Sandra Hüller) – and is instantly smitten by her mysterious charm. The coffee machine becomes their regular meeting point and the two get to know each other. But Marion is married and Christian’s feelings for her seem to remain unrequited, especially when she doesn’t return to work one day. As Christian gets more ingrained as a member of the wholesale market family, his days of driving fork lifts and stacking shelves begin to mean much more to him than meets the eye.