Wolfsburg
Screening on Film
Directed by Christian Petzold.
With Nina Hoss, Benno Fürmann, Antje Westermann.
Germany, 2002, 35mm, color, 90 min.
German with English subtitles.
With Nina Hoss, Benno Fürmann, Antje Westermann.
Germany, 2002, 35mm, color, 90 min.
German with English subtitles.
Car salesman Phillip Wagner’s (Fürmann) life is forever changed when he becomes responsible for a hit and run car accident. The victim, a little boy, is fatally injured. Wagner’s initial desire for self-preservation dissolves into guilt. As his life crumbles he befriends Laura (Hoss), the grieving mother of the boy he killed. Petzold’s FIPRESCI Award-winning film captures the complexities of human strain and trauma.
