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Böse Zellen

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  • 2h
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6.1/10
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Böse Zellen (2003)
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A young Austrian survives the crash of a commercial airliner. Six years later, she's a clerk, a mother, and happy. Then she dies in a car accident. Over the next year, her daughter goes thro... Read allA young Austrian survives the crash of a commercial airliner. Six years later, she's a clerk, a mother, and happy. Then she dies in a car accident. Over the next year, her daughter goes through various medical blood tests, her husband is having an affair with her best friend, her... Read allA young Austrian survives the crash of a commercial airliner. Six years later, she's a clerk, a mother, and happy. Then she dies in a car accident. Over the next year, her daughter goes through various medical blood tests, her husband is having an affair with her best friend, her sister trades sex for shelter, her brother is tiptoeing around a friendship with an emoti... Read all
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  • Director
    • Barbara Albert
  • Writer
    • Barbara Albert
  • Stars
    • Kathrin Resetarits
    • Ursula Strauss
    • Georg Friedrich
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  • Director
    • Barbara Albert
  • Writer
    • Barbara Albert
  • Stars
    • Kathrin Resetarits
    • Ursula Strauss
    • Georg Friedrich
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    • 9User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Kathrin Resetarits
    • Manuas Manu
    Ursula Strauss
    Ursula Strauss
    • Andrea, Manu's best friendas Andrea, Manu's best friend
    Georg Friedrich
    Georg Friedrich
    • Andreas, Manu's husbandas Andreas, Manu's husband
    Marion Mitterhammer
    Marion Mitterhammer
    • Gerlinde, Manu's sisteras Gerlinde, Manu's sister
    Martin Brambach
    Martin Brambach
    • Reini, Manu's brotheras Reini, Manu's brother
    Rupert L. Lehofer
    • Lukasas Lukas
    Bellinda Akwa-Asare
    • Sandraas Sandra
    Gabriela Schmoll
    • Belinda, Sandra's Motheras Belinda, Sandra's Mother
    Christian Ghera
    • Heinrichas Heinrich
    Karl Fischer
    Karl Fischer
    • Karlas Karl
    Désirée Ourada
    • Patriciaas Patricia
    Dominik Hartl
    Dominik Hartl
    • Kaias Kai
    • (as Dominik Hartel)
    Nicole Skala
    • Gabias Gabi
    Deborah Ten Brink
    • Yvonne, Manu's daughteras Yvonne, Manu's daughter
    Alfred Worel
    • Josefas Josef
    Elisabeth Engstler
    • Moderatorinas Moderatorin
    Romana Helcmanovsky
    • Binias Bini
    Sabrina Pochop
    • Sandyas Sandy
    • Director
      • Barbara Albert
    • Writer
      • Barbara Albert
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    A young Austrian survives the crash of a commercial airliner. Six years later, she's a clerk, a mother, and happy. Then she dies in a car accident. Over the next year, her daughter goes through various medical blood tests, her husband is having an affair with her best friend, her sister trades sex for shelter, her brother is tiptoeing around a friendship with an emotionally-locked clerk whose mother is lonely, and an unpopular high-school student has bad skin. The daughter has her eye on a certain boy--the very one who was driving the car in the fatal crash. In happenstance are there patterns? In life is there meaning? —<jhailey@hotmail.com>
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    • Connections
      Features Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst! (1967)
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      Macarena
      Written by Rafael Ruiz and Antonio Romero

      Performed by Los del Río

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    6/10
    interesting as an intellectual exercise, less so as a drama
    "Free Radicals" is a stark, slow-moving meditation on the randomness of life. Matching style to theme, this Austrian film relates a half dozen or so barely connected stories, all of which deal with the part fate and luck play in determining the direction of our lives. In some cases, the characters are the victims of accidents or illness, while in others they becomes prisoners of their own needs and desires. In all the cases, however, the characters live a drab, loveless existence, filled with unfulfilled dreams and loneliness.

    Although the film begins with an interesting premise, the overall effect is so off-putting and depressing that we really can't enjoy the movie on anything but the most purely intellectual level. The people here just seem so miserable and unhappy that we want to get away from them as quickly as possible and head back to our own lives, imperfect though they might be. Perhaps by including so many characters, the film dilutes its focus, making it hard for us to fully identify with any one person and make us care about his or her fate. Despite good acting, this crazy quilt approach turns the movie into more of a clinical exercise than a deeper involving human drama, and lends it an air of greater pretentiousness than it might otherwise have had.

    Enter the world of "Free Radicals" if you must, but you might want to take some Prozac along with you to help get you through it.
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    • Release date
      • November 21, 2003 (Austria)
    • Countries of origin
      • Austria
      • Germany
      • Switzerland
    • Official site
      • Official site (Austria)
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Free Radicals
    • Filming locations
      • Bratislava, Slovakia
    • Production companies
      • Coop99 Filmproduktion
      • Fama Film AG
      • zero südwest GmbH
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,443
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,443
      • Jul 25, 2004
    • Gross worldwide
      • $80,371
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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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