In the Aisles (2018)

Christian begins to work as a shelf stacker at a supermarket and finds himself in a new, unknown world: the long aisles, the bustle at the checkouts, the forklifts.

Director:

Thomas Stuber

Writers:

Clemens Meyer (short story), Clemens Meyer (screenplay)

Stars:

Andreas Leupold, Franz Rogowski, Peter Kurth

12 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Andreas Leupold	...	Rudi
Franz Rogowski	...	Christian Gruvert
Peter Kurth	...	Bruno
Steffen Scheumann	...	Norbert
Matthias Brenner	...	Jürgen
Sandra Hüller	...	Marion Koch
Michael Specht	...	Paletten-Klaus
Angelika Kluge	...	Pförtnerin
Ramona Kunze-Libnow	...	Irina Pfeiffer
Henning Peker	...	Wolfgang
Eva Maria Strobl	...	Marions Kollegin
Mike Gehring	...	Busfahrer
Sascha Nathan	...	Johnny
Gerdy Zint	...	Tino
Kay Zint	...	Markus

Storyline

After the shy and reclusive Christian loses his job, he starts to work for a wholesale market. Bruno from the Beverage aisle takes him under his wing and quickly becomes a fatherly friend to him. He shows him the ropes and patiently teaches him how to operate the fork lift. In the aisles he meets "Sweets"-Marion. He is instantly smitten by her mysterious charm. The coffee machine becomes their regular meeting point and the two start to get to know each other. But Marion is married and Christian's feelings for her seem to remain unrequited, especially when Marion does not return to work one day. Christian slowly becomes a member of the wholesale market family and his days of driving fork lifts and stacking shelves mean much more to him than meets the eye.

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Plot Keywords:

christmas | supermarket | shelf stacking | playing chess | voice over | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The training video that is shown when Christian does his forklifting course is 'Forklift Driver Klaus' - A parody of work safety films from the 80's.

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Quotes

Bruno: For some reason, pet food is in Detergents. Who knows why.

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Connections

Features Forklift Driver Klaus: The First Day on the Job (2000)

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Soundtracks

An der schönen blauen Donau
Composed by Johann Strauss (as Johann Strauss Sohn)
(1866-1867)

User Reviews

Beautiful drama with a dreamy Workplace

The story is nice and the environment of the story is it's key aspect. The characters are unique and nice. The workplace is shown in a well detailed manner and makes you want to work there and be like these normal people in the store.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

24 May 2018 (Germany)

Also Known As:

In the Aisles

Filming Locations:

Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$922, 16 June 2019

Gross USA:

$28,394

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$694,586

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sommerhaus Filmproduktion, Departures Film, ARTE

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1