Absolute Giganten (1999)
Directed by Sebastian Schipper
Genres - Drama, Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Buddy Film, Road Movie, Urban Comedy, Urban Drama |
Run Time - 77 min. |
Countries - Germany |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Brian J. Dillard
In the port town of Hamburg, Germany, Floyd (Frank Giering) disappoints his sanctimonious boss by announcing that he's shipping out to South Africa and Singapore now that his two-year probation for an unspecified juvenile offense has been completed. When he shares the news with his devoted friends Chubby (Antoine Monot Jr.), a mechanic, and Ricco (Florian Lukas), a fast-food cook and would-be b-boy, they can't comprehend their thoughtful friend's willingness to trade camaraderie for a wider view of the world. Overcoming their anger and bewilderment, the guys decide to spend one last night with Floyd, but the problem, as always, is how to find some fun. A succession of fast-food restaurants, parking garages, and local watering holes chronicles the inherent boredom of life in the provinces. But a run-in with a convention of dragster-racing Elvis impersonators sends the boys and their friend Telsa Julia Hummer on a series of adventures that veers from the farcical to the almost-tragic. Absolute Giganten was screened at the 1999 Flanders Film Festival and thereafter received limited international distribution.
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Keywords
car-chase, club [place], friendship, gambling, on-the-road, starting-over
Attributes
High Production Values