In a remote village in Southern Bavaria, hostilities run rampant between a farmer and a luxury hotel proprietor. The former has a smelly dung heap and he hopes to force the hotelier into buying him out at a large profit.
Is it worth the watch? If you like movies that feel like a dusty postcard from a place you’ve never visited, sure. It’s for folks who appreciate petty, small-town grudges and people screaming in German dialects. If you need pacing that doesn’t drag or high-stakes drama, you’ll probably find yourself checking your watch...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Georg Zoch
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
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"Is it worth the watch? If you like movies that feel like a dusty postcard from a place you’ve never visited, sure. It’s for folks who appreciate petty, small-town grudges and people screaming in German dialects. If you need pacing that doesn’t drag or high-stakes drama, you’ll probably find yourself checking your watch every ten minutes. There is something inherently funny about a guy choosing to ruin his own property just to annoy his neighbor. The farmer really leans into the 'smelly neighbor..."
Hans Naderer, Georg Zoch
Germany
