error On the Line (2007) - Reto Caffi | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie
On the Line
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MPAA Rating

NR

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Feature

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Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
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On the Line

On the Line (2007)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Psychological Drama  |   Run Time - 30 min.  |   Countries - Switzerland, Germany  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Nathan Southern

This Oscar-nominated German-language short from director Reto Caffi concerns a lonely and socially isolated department store security guard who grows infatuated with a clerk in his store's bookshop, but finds himself vying with a rival for her attentions. When he sees the other fellow getting beaten senseless on the subway, he does nothing to intervene - and then finds himself racked with guilt for it.

Characteristics

Themes

Love Triangles | Unrequited Love | Haunted By the Past

Keywords

attack, department-store, guilt, security-guard, subway