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Franz Leitmayr (Udo Wachtveitl, left) and Ivo Batic (Miroslav Nemec): What's left of the party
Photo: Hendrik Heiden / BR / Tellux FIlm
The scenario:
Between dementia research and disco fever: Batic (Miroslav Nemec) and Leitmayr (Udo Wachtveitl) are dependent on the help of a psychotherapist who suffers from dementia when convicting a woman murderer.
In a research institute, his ability to remember is to be stimulated by means of reminiscence therapy.
At the same time, Leitmayr's memory is stimulated, because one of the murders in question was committed in the 1980s near his favorite disco, the hard rock club »Flash«.
The highlight:
In search of lost time: The crime thriller has some strong scenes ready in which the protagonists find their way back into the forgotten or repressed past - however, the various forms of memory loss also get mixed up in the process.
The picture:
What's left of the party: Leitmayr roams the dusty inventory of the »Flash« with Batic, through matt disco balls, worn-out couches and battered bar stools, while »Whole Lotta Love« by Led Zeppelin sounds and the old, supposedly glorious ripper days of Leitmayr too brought to life.
The dialogue:
Together with a psychologist, the inspectors observe via video how the demented professor is involved in a conversation with a younger colleague – and suddenly he is able to give scientific lectures again.
Batic: "He sounds perfectly normal."
Psychologist: »People with dementia sometimes experience insular moments of clarity. The professor picked him up in his role as a teacher. When people with dementia can grasp a sentence they used to say, whole chains of clear thoughts are formed.«
Batic: "Is it still possible for people to pretend dementia?"
Psychologist: »Believe me, we would notice that very quickly. This isn't a Punch and Judy show."
The song:
»Paroles, paroles« by Dalida and Alain Delon.
While dementia patients are supposed to be stimulated in their memory with a stylish tea dance, this subtle chanson is playing on the jukebox.
The camera captures the confident dance steps of the dementia patients, although the meaning of the words sung by Dalida and Delon has long since expired.
The review:
6 out of 10 points.
The opponent is called forgetting: a memory thriller with stimulating images – but it doesn't quite work out in the end.
The analysis:
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