Two directors shoot a documentary about the controversial director and pugnacious actor Peter Kern. But he cannot be easily rammed into the classical form of a documentary.
Direction
Fiala/Franz lean into failure—brilliantly.
Acting
Kern performs himself into oblivion.
Director
Severin Fiala
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kern was a legendary enfant terrible of Austrian cinema; this was his final film appearance before his 2015 death.
Fiala and Franz later made 'Goodnight Mommy'—this doc's tension between mother-son cruelty and performance clearly fed their horror instincts.
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