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Antibodies (2005)
Director: Christian Alvert
Movie review
From Time Out London
Steeped in religion yet shot through with moral ambiguity, this disturbing psychological thriller breathes new life into the moribund serial killer movie. Jailed for killing more than a dozen young boys and using their blood to daub apocalyptic paintings, Gabriel Engel (André Hennicke) will speak only to country bumpkin cop Michael Martens (Wotan Wilke Möhring). Engel claims to have witnessed the seemingly unrelated murder of a young girl from Martens’ home village, an unsolved case that has haunted the honest, dogged policeman for years. Fed with cryptic clues and unhinged by Engel’s mind games, Martens soon loses his moral bearings and starts to unravel. Although a tad too long and plodding, Christian Alvart’s promising debut film succeeds on several levels: as an evocation of a rural community torn apart by a brutal murder; as an unflinching analysis of Engel’s twisted moral logic; and as a portrait of a God-fearing cop shaken to the core by the murderer’s terrifying blankness. The surprising, transcendent ending may flummox some, but it grows organically out of the film’s ethical and religious concerns.Author: Nigel Floyd
Time Out London Issue 1891: November 15-22 2007
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- Posted on Jan 20 2008 21:57 This movie was very good! I hate how some American movies are so obvious and lead you by the hand throughout the film as if you can't think for yourself. This movie keeps you guessing and slowly unfurls before you to a great finish. It was a fabulous mind game to the very end! I'd definitely watch it again!
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Cast & crew
Director: Christian Alvert
Cast: Wotan Wilke Möhring, Ulrike Krumbiegel, André Hennicke, Heinz Hoenig, Hauke Diekamp, Jürgen Schornagel full cast
Genre(s): Horror, Thrillers, Drama
Duration: 122 mins
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