Der Preis (2012)
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Florian Panzner, Sven Gielnik, Anne Kanis, Vanessa Krüger, Guntbert Warns, Wiebke Bachmann, Anna Willecke
An award-winning architect returns to his hometown, where encounters with old acquaintances bring back memories of growing tensions between former friends.
The story
Architect Alexander Beck, who lives in Frankfurt, has won a prestigious architecture award for a project to modernize old prefabricated apartment blocks. He returns to his hometown to oversee the work on the blocks where he grew up. Encounters with old acquaintances prompt memories of 1988, when he was childhood friends with siblings Michael and Nicole. Shortly before they finished school, tensions grew between Alex, a conformist FDJ secretary, and Michael, a loner. At the same time, Alex falls in love with Nicole.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Architect Alexander Beck, originally from a medium-sized town in Thuringia and now living in Frankfurt, has won a prestigious architecture award for a project to modernize old prefabricated apartment blocks. He now returns to his hometown to oversee the implementation of his project. The old apartment blocks, where Alexander also grew up, are to be completely modernized. Prompted by encounters with some old acquaintances, he begins remembering events from 1988. He had been friends since childhood with the siblings Michael and Nicole, but shortly before they finished school, tensions grew between Alex, a conformist FDJ secretary, and Michael, a loner. At the same time, Alex falls in love with Nicole. He eventually tries to have an honest talk with Michael, but the situation escalates and Alex injures him. Michael later takes his own life. Now Alex wants to work through this part of his life together with Nicole.
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