Finsterworld

Showcased at the Glasgow Film Theatre as part of Fokus: Films from Germany, Finsterworld (meaning ‘dark world’ in German) is described by its creator Frauke Finsterwalder as “realistic yet over-the-top and abstract”.  The film weaves together connecting stories to create a haphazard tapestry of the stranger side of human experience; from a cripplingly lonely old woman to an increasingly detached couple, each story focuses on a powerful unrealised desire or an objectively tragic human failing, rendered redeemable in the darkly funny context of the film.  It transforms seemingly ordinary people – at least for a moment – into a kind of unrecognisable monster.