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The System

2012 · 85 min Drama
4.8 / 10 · TMDB

Mike is twenty, attractive, intelligent and a loner. He only shares his thoughts and an apartment in a prefabricated housing estate in Rostock with his best friend Dustin. There, on the roof with a view of the sea, they smoke their joints and sort stolen goods. Mike doesn't think beyond the next day. But everything changes when he is caught by Konrad Böhm during a break-in. The charismatic businessman introduces Mike to a parallel world of international lobbyists and former GDR secret service agents who have saved their networks for reunified Germany.

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Original Title Das System - Alles verstehen heißt alles verzeihen
Year 2012
Country Germany
Genre Drama
Director Marc Bauder
Runtime 85 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.8/10 (5 votes)

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The film constructs a tense psychological portrait at the intersection of social drama and political thriller. It explores the vulnerability of a young mind confronted by a system that offers knowledge as a form of power.

What lingers after viewing is a cold, methodical study of how the temptation to understand everything can replace moral agency. A reminder of the invisible structures that await the disaffected. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Marc Bauder

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Watch alone late at night with a strong black coffee. The rain outside is a fitting companion.

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