Patrick feels absolutely lonely when he decides to search for his supposable genitor after the suicide of his mother. He doesn’t have a plan, a goal or hopes. He just wants to meet the phantom that he thinks is the reason for his mother’s death.
Acting
Tilman Strauss makes Patrick's emptiness weirdly magnetic.
Writing
Dialogue so dry it could start a fire.
Director
Sven Halfar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Sven Halfar never made another feature after this, making DeAD his sole cinematic statement.
The film deliberately subverts the 'finding yourself' road trip trope — Patrick learns nothing and grows zero percent, which is arguably the point.
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