Dreileben Trilogy: One Minute of Darkness

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Mar 11, 2012

(Christoph Hochhäusler, Germany, 2011, HD, 90 min)

Sponsored by UW Germanics Department, UW Cinema Studies, and TheSunBreak.com
Presented by the Goethe-Institut

While Beats Being Dead and Don’t Follow Me Around place the real subject of The Dreileben Trilogy—the escaped sex offender—in the periphery, Christoph Hochhäusler fearlessly zooms in close in One Minute of Darkness, the trilogy’s climactic installment. But the film would not belong in this series if it did not coax the audience to doubt, and One Minute of Darkness introduces the possibility that the criminal is not actually guilty. As Marcus, the police inspector in charge of the case, wrestles with that doubt himself, the fugitive attempts to conceal himself in a forest, and has an unexpected encounter along the way. Probing the supernatural while grounded in suspense, Christoph Hochhäusler’s contribution to the trilogy is two parts thriller and one part fairytale.

 

“DARKNESS is both character study and nerve-wracking thriller, finding as much fascination in its quieter moments as it does in its vigorous chases and murders. Centering on a character like Molesch is difficult – any sort of fumble and he can instantly become an offensive caricature, thus not only dousing the plot's fire but deflating any momentum the two movies have already built up. Thankfully, the performance and the direction are spot-on, and the "villain" never overplays his behavior.” –Christopher Bell, Indiewire

“ONE MINUTE OF DARKNESS is a deft work to end the series. It contains many satisfying ‘penny drop’ moments, where storylines intersect in obvious and tangential ways. It brings all three stories together, while also leaving the film/series resolutely unresolved.” –Ben Gook, Screen Machine 
 
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