Tanja and Martin are a couple in their late twenties. They meet back at their apartment late one evening, in bed. Weren’t we supposed to meet up this evening? How come you got home so late? Where the hell were you? An argument ensues, an everyday fight between couples that unleashes an unimaginable destructive force. Three separate variations of the argument are played out. Each time the positions of culprit and victim, guilt and innocence, trust and despair are reversed.
Direction
Tykwer's debut already shows his formal precision.
Editing
Seamless loops that make you question what you just saw.
Acting
Two people, one bed, infinite ways to wound.
Director
Tom Tykwer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tykwer shot this as his graduation film at HFF Munich; he was 25.
The bed as sole set predates similar experiments like The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby by decades, but Tykwer's refusal to privilege any version as 'real' remains rare.
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