Germany, 2008, Christian Petzold

James M. Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice is transposed to a desolate town in northeastern Germany in this “taut, brilliantly acted thriller” (The Village Voice) about a handsome ex-soldier who goes to work for a successful Turkish businessman and falls for his boss’s bored, beautiful wife. “A tightly constructed ‘dramatic thriller’ in which the tension comes as much from what the characters are thinking as from what they end up doing…Confirms writer-helmer Christian Petzold (Yella) as a world-class talent who remains underappreciated beyond Germany.” –Variety. Cleveland premiere. German and Turkish with subtitles. 35mm. 93 min.