Egoshooter (2005) [N/A]
Featuring:
Tom Schilling, Camilla Renschke, Lilia Lehner
Written by:
Christian Becker
Oliver Schwabe
Directed by:
Christian Becker, Oliver Schwabe
Release Date:
February 24, 2005
Original Title:
Egoshooter
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Reverse Angle Production
WDR
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 72
19-year-old Jakob lives in Cologne, sharing a flat with his brother and the latter's girlfriend, Karo, who is pregnant. He's a drifter and obsessively records his daily life on video. He films himself while masturbating, secretly observes his brother and Karo through the lens, and documents the concerts of Phillip, his friend. He gets drunk with Piet's mother, satisfies Mani on the riverbanks, scrounges money off pedestrians, breaks into a house, and together with Phillip smashes the furniture.
Jakob is stuck in the transition between his teenage years and adulthood, still uncertain about what to do with his life, constantly hanging around with his friends and some girls, partying hard but not feeling quite alright. His only way to deal with life and cope with things is to film everything and everyone around him, whether being events of small importance or even things that shouldn't be seen by his intrusive camera. What possible consequences this experiment may have in his life and his attitudes?
