Quotes

Below you will find selected press commentaries on the film:

"The film leaves us with the degree of disturbance and insecurity that one has to face as a thinking person in this world."

Neue zürcher zeitung

"The differentiated observation of a torn, frighteningly familiar soul."

MEDIENTIPP

"An intensity that amazes and frightens."

Michael Sennhauser

"The film succeeds in doing what the tabloids miss: drawing a person from a perpetrator who faces his own deeds with incomprehension."

SRF Kultur

"The film's strength is that it doesn't make the mistake of giving the perpetrator a clear motive."

SRF Kultur

"One of the best-known Swiss titles at this year's Zurich Film Festival."

Radio Top

"First-timer Baumgartner delivers with icy meticulousness the true story of a serial offender in a penetrating portrait about the birth of a ‘monster’."

ATHENS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

"One of the most anticipated Swiss films of the year!"

Zurich Film Festival

"A courageous film with a terrific Max Hubacher."

outnow.ch

"The double life of a top athlete and an award-winning film crew."

20 Minuten

"In his impressive and oppressive debut film Hannes Baumgartner dares an unstoppable, precise run into the abyss."

VARIETY

"Hannes Baumgartner skillfully demonstrates that extreme actions rarely have a single cause."

Ensuite

"The story is told from beginning to end free from any judgment."

KEYSTONE-SDA