Lost Killers | |
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Directed by | Dito Tsintsadze |
Written by | Dito Tsintsadze |
Produced by | Monika Kintner |
Starring | Lasha Bakradze Misel Maticevic Elie James Blezes Nicole Seelig |
Cinematography | Benedict Neuenfels |
Edited by | Stephan Krumbiegel |
Music by | Dito Tsintsadze Adrian Sherwood Mirian Little Axe |
Production companies | Home Run Pictures Rommel Film |
Distributed by | Budapest Film Mondo Films Planet Media Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Lost Killers is a 2000 German crime black comedy film directed by Dito Tsintsadze. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. [1] At the 10th Cottbus Film Festival the film won the top prize [2] and at the 2000 Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Misel Maticevic won the award for Best Actor. [3]
The film is set in a red-light district of Mannheim, Germany and depicts five illegal immigrants on the fringes of society. Georgian Merab (Lasha Bakradze) and Croatian Branko ( Misel Maticevic) have trouble finding employment and end up trying to work as paid contract killers. Their first assignment is to kill a Russian businessman (Viktor Benzler) but Merab does not have the stomach for murder. Branko also sells drugs in order to earn a living for himself and his dying mother Dusica ( Dito Tsintsadze). Their lives become intertwined with three other outsiders. Carlos, a former martial artist (Elie James Blezes) from Haiti wants to sell one of his kidneys to get enough money to move to Australia. He also earns some money as a street musician. Lan (Nicole Seelig) from Vietnam who works as a cheap prostitute longs for expensive dental work which would fix her bad teeth. Her colleague Maria (Franca Kastein) who was abused as a child dreams of finding her soul-mate.
Review by Lisa Nesselson from Variety: "In "Lost Killers," an informal quintet of lovable losers pursue dubious schemes to improve their lives as illegal immigrants in Mannheim, Germany. Sly, off-kilter humor balances the essential tawdriness of prostitution, drug dealing and contract killing, resulting in a strikingly shot and surprisingly amusing slice of life. Georgian helmer Dito Tsintsadze's modest ode to joy in unlikely places is a nice bet for fests as well as a showcase for its multicultural cast." [4]
Lost Killers | |
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Directed by | Dito Tsintsadze |
Written by | Dito Tsintsadze |
Produced by | Monika Kintner |
Starring | Lasha Bakradze Misel Maticevic Elie James Blezes Nicole Seelig |
Cinematography | Benedict Neuenfels |
Edited by | Stephan Krumbiegel |
Music by | Dito Tsintsadze Adrian Sherwood Mirian Little Axe |
Production companies | Home Run Pictures Rommel Film |
Distributed by | Budapest Film Mondo Films Planet Media Home Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Lost Killers is a 2000 German crime black comedy film directed by Dito Tsintsadze. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. [1] At the 10th Cottbus Film Festival the film won the top prize [2] and at the 2000 Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Misel Maticevic won the award for Best Actor. [3]
The film is set in a red-light district of Mannheim, Germany and depicts five illegal immigrants on the fringes of society. Georgian Merab (Lasha Bakradze) and Croatian Branko ( Misel Maticevic) have trouble finding employment and end up trying to work as paid contract killers. Their first assignment is to kill a Russian businessman (Viktor Benzler) but Merab does not have the stomach for murder. Branko also sells drugs in order to earn a living for himself and his dying mother Dusica ( Dito Tsintsadze). Their lives become intertwined with three other outsiders. Carlos, a former martial artist (Elie James Blezes) from Haiti wants to sell one of his kidneys to get enough money to move to Australia. He also earns some money as a street musician. Lan (Nicole Seelig) from Vietnam who works as a cheap prostitute longs for expensive dental work which would fix her bad teeth. Her colleague Maria (Franca Kastein) who was abused as a child dreams of finding her soul-mate.
Review by Lisa Nesselson from Variety: "In "Lost Killers," an informal quintet of lovable losers pursue dubious schemes to improve their lives as illegal immigrants in Mannheim, Germany. Sly, off-kilter humor balances the essential tawdriness of prostitution, drug dealing and contract killing, resulting in a strikingly shot and surprisingly amusing slice of life. Georgian helmer Dito Tsintsadze's modest ode to joy in unlikely places is a nice bet for fests as well as a showcase for its multicultural cast." [4]