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No Reason

Germany 2010
produced by
Olaf Ittenbach for IMAS Filmproduktion
directed by Olaf Ittenbach
starring Irene Holzfurtner, Mathias Engel, Alexander Gamnitzer, Andreas Pape, Annika Strauss, Ralph Willmann, Markus Hettich, Timothy Balme, Thomas Reitmair, Vlasto Peyitch, Hildegard Kocian, Dominik Bühler, Josephin-Marie Kriehmigen, Felix Becker, Karen Breece, Johanny Bühler-Cabrera, Martina Ittenbach, Michael Effenberger, Merel Biebel, Julia Hahn
written by Olaf Ittenbach, music by Michael Donner, special makeup effects by Olaf Ittenbach, Philipp Rathgeber, Daniela Tokarski, visual effects by Marc Fehse

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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At first glance, Jennifer (Irene Holzfurtner) seems ordinary to the point of being boring, she's the loving wife of Sebastian (Mathias Engel), caring mother of little Nico (Dominik Bühler), and her biggest concern of the day is bidding her neighbours farewell because she and family move to another part of town. The day soon gets less than pleasant though, as first a postman (Ralph Willmann) insists on using her bathroom then shitting all over the place, then neighbour Irina (Annika Strauss) makes some weird allusions when saying good bye and ultimately gives her a photo of herself in bed with Jennifer's husband, and then when Jennifer leaves Nico with elderly neighbour Elisabeth (Hildegard Kocian) to go shopping, Elisabeth and the boy are gone when she returns ... and then suddenly Jennifer finds herself stark naked and covered in blood, in a room full of severed bodyparts. A voice tells her to watch a few videos on a laptop - which show the violent executions of those dear to her. Next Jennifer is taken to another room, a torture dungeon, before facing a grotesque creature (Markus Hettich), in all probability the master of this realm, with whom she pleads for the life of her son. But the more she does, the more the creature suggests her perception of reality is somewhat warps, and the reality is much more sinister than just her perfect world going to pieces ...

 

Now first things first, No Reason is not a film for everyone and certainly not for those faint of heart (or weak of stomach), as its very graphic in its violence, doesn't hold back when it comes to guts and gore, and puts an emphasis on realism when it comes to severed bodyparts and the like rather than gloss over things. But if you don't mind that things are getting a bit bloody, then this one's definitely worth a watch, a film that's a mindfuck rather than a straight thriller but that manages to create a bizarre world all of its own that makes sense in itself - including the ending that really turns everything onto its head. And Irene Holzfurtner sure gives a dedicated performance in the central role and successfully carries the movie.

Not your usual genre stuff, but fascinating for sure.

 

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