
Berlin student Jule is hopelessly indebted from an accident she caused, uninsuredly hitting a rich businessman's limousine. Evicted from her flat, she moves in with her boyfriend Peter and soon finds out that he and his flatmate Jan spend their nights breaking into luxurious mansions. Instead of stealing or vandalizing, though, they are carefully and ornately rearranging furniture and valuables and leaving obscure messages. Jule convinces Jan, who has a crush on her, to pay a... (Full plot summary below)
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Berlin student Jule is hopelessly indebted from an accident she caused, uninsuredly hitting a rich businessman's limousine. Evicted from her flat, she moves in with her boyfriend Peter and soon finds out that he and his flatmate Jan spend their nights breaking into luxurious mansions. Instead of stealing or vandalizing, though, they are carefully and ornately rearranging furniture and valuables and leaving obscure messages. Jule convinces Jan, who has a crush on her, to pay a visit to her creditor's villa.
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| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderSublimely funny, surprisingly warm-hearted little story about the war between the idealistic young people and the conservative rich folks. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonA deft, entertaining story that mixes menace with charm and satire with seriousness. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxAmerican movies don't have the capacity for such delicacy -- nor can they easily present their characters and situations as impartially as this one does. |
| Film-Forward.comKent TurnerThis German thriller may be one of the year's most compelling hybrids - a left-wing film noir. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittThe Edukators takes an eternity to get past the setup and on to the main conflict. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)The Edukators takes an eternity to get past the setup and on to the main conflict. |
| FilmFocusJoe UtichiIts anti-capitalist rhetoric doesn't always agree and sometimes its soundtrack is just too on-the-ball not to be a damn distraction but it's incredibly entertaining. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerBruhl is as good here as he was in Goodbye Lenin and there's chemistry between all three characters, so you really believe in their complicated relationship. |
| About.comJurgen FauthSuccessfully dramatizes questions that aren't often asked out loud in a culture where irony is king. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordIt's as if the Symbionese Liberation Army had nabbed one of The Big Chill's weekenders. |