In contemporary Mannheim, Branko and Merab, two hapless hitmen, are assigned to kill a businessman for unknown reasons. Although the unsuspecting businessman offers them plenty of opportunities to kill him, the two men are prevented from carrying out their mission by the most absurd coincidences, even after taking on a new helper by the name of Carlos.
Acting
Matčičević and Bakradze's perfectly timed incompetence.
Direction
Tsintsadze lets scenes breathe until they cringe.
Director
Dito Tsintsadze
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the late-'90s German 'cinema of migration' movement, exploring Eastern European displacement through genre subversion.
Director Tsintsadze, Georgian-born, made this his German-language debut after fleeing Tbilisi's civil war.
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