Loss Is to Be Expected
1992 · Documentary · 118 min. · Austria
The main character of the documentary is the 60+ retired Austrian who's just lost his wife and is looking for a new one across the Austrian-Czech border. He is very lonely and needs somebody to share his last years with. He uses all the tricks to lure Paula, who lives in Czech Republic, into his nets. He shows her an Austrian supermarket, an Austrian shopping mall, takes her to a fair in the nearby town, etc. Whatever the characters do is so recognizable, beginning with a conversation of the 60+ widows about the sex, and ending with complaints of a village idiot about the communists who failed to repaired his window and cupboard.
Direction Ulrich Seidl
Cast Paul Hutterová · Vladimir Kundrát · Rusena Machaloyá · Alois Paur · Sepp Paur · Miroslav Sedlar · Stepánká Srámkoyá
Screenplay Michael Glawogger · Ulrich Seidl
Cinematography Peter Zeitlinger
Original title Mit Verlust ist zu rechnen
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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