
Aloys Adorn is a middle aged private detective who lives and works with his father. He experiences life from a safe distance, through a video camera he keeps recording 24 hours a day, and the massive collection of surveillance tapes he organizes and obsessively watches at home. But when his father dies, Aloys is left on his own and his sheltered existence begins to fall apart. After a night of heavy drinking, Aloys wakes up on a public bus to find that his camera and precious... (Full plot summary below)
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Aloys Adorn is a middle aged private detective who lives and works with his father. He experiences life from a safe distance, through a video camera he keeps recording 24 hours a day, and the massive collection of surveillance tapes he organizes and obsessively watches at home. But when his father dies, Aloys is left on his own and his sheltered existence begins to fall apart. After a night of heavy drinking, Aloys wakes up on a public bus to find that his camera and precious observation tapes have been stolen. Soon after, a mysterious woman calls to blackmail him. She offers to return the tapes if Aloys will try an obscure Japanese invention called 'telephone walking' with her, using his imagination as their only connection. As he is drawn deeper and deeper, falling in love with the voice on the other end of the phone, the woman opens up a new universe that may allow Aloys to break out of his isolation and into the real world.
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| Little White LiesAnton BitelAustere yet fanciful, it is a haunting vision of loneliness and escape. |
| El Pais (Spain)Jordi CostaThe film is so overloaded with a certain formal exhibitionism that turns out to be a distraction from its spinal weakness. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Cleveland Plain DealerLaura DeMarcoDirector Tobias Nolle's first full-length film is a tense, dark thriller that delves into contemporary issues of digital isolation, technology, surveillance and privacy. |
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonNölle's greatest achievement is to keep the magic realist realm firmly anchored to the real so that reality feels touched by imagination rather than smothered by it. |
| Daily Express (UK)Allan HunterAn odd, stylish little film, reminiscent of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. |
| Willamette WeekWalker MacMurdoDirector Tobias Nölle's pretty camera work can't save this film from being an utter chore. |
| User ReviewPatrícia AThe first movie that truly got me high since the beggining. Tobias Nölle in Aloys guides us to the subconscious mind and all the odd and fascinating things that one can imagine. As the movie goes by, the audience starts to get deeply connected to the characters and story, the theme of the movie starts to naturally sink in. But only at the end of the movie, once the chain is broken, the audience may feel the real weight of loneliness that Aloys (Georg Friedrich) was feeling on screen. |
| User ReviewOlivia SMesmerising and deeply moving as an evocative journey from disconnection towards connection and intimacy. Both uplifting and very sad too. A beautiful and surreal film, that will resonate in my mind for a long time... |
| User ReviewTor MDirector Tobias Nölle manages to engage with an idiosyncratic sense of aesthetic that goes from the beautifully subdued cinematography to the unorthodox editing, but is the film's character development and story twists that enthrall on an emotional level. Picture Charlie Kaufman's high concept complexity and depth with the appeal of the Coen Brothers quirky characterization. |
| User ReviewRendan LOf course fantasy is always better than reality. |