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Life Guidance

2018-01-12 · 101 min · ★ 4.7

Science Fiction

The film is set in the near future, in a world of perfect capitalism. Society is sustained by a class of top achievers; meanwhile, so-called minimum recipients live under sedation in Fortresses of Sleep. The great majority of top achievers view themselves as happy. An outsourced agency has been established for the rest: Life Guidance is charged with turning these individuals into optimal people as well. Alexander has internalized the system but one wrong word to his child triggers Life Guidance. He starts to rebel and encounters the horror of the system in all its brightness and affability.

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Directors
Ruth Mader
Production companies
KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production, ORF
Countries
Austria
Status
Released

Top Cast

Fritz KarlFritz KarlAlexander Dworsky
Katharina LorenzKatharina LorenzAnna Dworsky
Nicolas JaroschFranz Dworky
Petra MorzéPetra MorzéIris Brauer
Kristina BangertKristina BangertBankangestellte
Rainer EggerRainer EggerBuchhalter
Arno FrischArno FrischHarter Kollege
Peter KnaackPeter KnaackBester Freund
Alfons Mensdorff-PouillyDer Lustige
Florian TeichtmeisterFlorian TeichtmeisterGregor Fainmann
Alexander StrobeleAlexander StrobeleHans Georg Croy
Udo SamelUdo SamelGrundherr
Johann Adam OestJohann Adam OestMann mit Pelzbezug
Miriam FontaineEmpfangsdame
Angelika StrahserAngelika StrahserErgotherapeutin
Arno FrischArno FrischPatrick
Martin NiedermairMartin NiedermairDer Dynamische
Martin ZaunerMartin ZaunerGutachter
Martin HemmerWalter
Maria LohnFrau am Empfang

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