A Young Man with High Potential – a Computer Geek Bloodily Unhinged English Language German Thriller Out on VOD September 17th September 17, 2019
Linus de Paoli’s A Young Man with High Potential is an unsettling psychological thriller about a shy graduate student and his increasingly unsettled relationship with a female student. Amanda Plummer (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Pulp Fiction) co-stars.
SYNOPSIS: Piet (Adam Ild Rohweder) is a brilliant grad student but also painfully shy and socially inept. His lonely and sexually frustrated existence changes when he is forced to partner on a school project with the pretty and outgoing Klara (Paulina Galazka). As they spend time together, Piet misinterprets her friendly personality and awkwardly professes his love to her. When Klara rejects his advance, Piet retreats into himself, becoming more obsessed with his “love” until one night when he drugs Klara and attempts to have sex with the unconscious woman, but when she begins to fight him off, he reacts in a violent way. What follows is a very long and horrifying aftermath that sends the man down a dark and despicable path. A disquieting tale reminiscent of the works of Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke
Initial Reviews:
“One of the most diabolical films I’ve seen in quite a while. It defies any of the horror flicks being released this year.” – ACED Magazine
“[A] quietly devastating film...nobody – least of all the audience – should expect to sleep easily afterwards.” – EyeForEye
“A confronting tale of moral descent…delivers its identity piecemeal in packaging that perfectly fits the disconnected age of the incel.” – SciFiNow
“A Crime and Punishment for the Internet age.” – TheGrouchyEditor
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