Life Guidance

Life Guidance

101 mins | Science Fiction | Jan. 12, 2018

The film is set in the near future, in a world of perfect capitalism. Society is sustained by a class of top achievers; meanwhile, so-called minimum recipients live under sedation in Fortresses of Sleep. The great majority of top achievers view themselves as happy. An outsourced agency has been established for the rest: Life Guidance is charged with turning these individuals into optimal people as well. Alexander has internalized the system but one wrong word to his child triggers Life Guidance. He starts to rebel and encounters the horror of the system in all its brightness and affability.

Life Guidance

101 mins | Science Fiction | Jan. 12, 2018

Life Guidance
The film is set in the near future, in a world of perfect capitalism. Society is sustained by a class of top achievers; meanwhile, so-called minimum recipients live under sedation in Fortresses of Sleep. The great majority of top achievers view themselves as happy. An outsourced agency has been established for the rest: Life Guidance is charged with turning these individuals into optimal people as well. Alexander has internalized the system but one wrong word to his child triggers Life Guidance. He starts to rebel and encounters the horror of the system in all its brightness and affability.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production
Original title Life Guidance
Directors Ruth Mader
Writers Martin Leidenfrost, Ruth Mader

Cast

Fritz Karl

as Alexander Dworsky

Katharina Lorenz

as Anna Dworsky

Nicolas Jarosch

as Franz Dworky

Petra Morzé

as Iris Brauer

Kristina Bangert

as Bankangestellte

Rainer Egger

as Buchhalter

Arno Frisch

as Harter Kollege

Peter Knaack

as Bester Freund

Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly

as Der Lustige

Florian Teichtmeister

as Gregor Fainmann

Alexander Strobele

as Hans Georg Croy

Udo Samel

as Grundherr

Johann Adam Oest

as Mann mit Pelzbezug