In den Gängen (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:

Sandra Hüller, Franz Rogowski, Peter Kurth

10 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sandra Hüller	...	Marion Koch
Franz Rogowski	...	Christian Gruvert
Peter Kurth	...	Bruno
Henning Peker	...	Wolfgang
Ramona Kunze-Libnow	...	Irina
Gerdy Zint	...	Tino
Matthias Brenner	...	Jürgen
Clemens Meyer	...	Marions Mann
Andreas Leupold	...	Rudi
Michael Specht	...	Paletten-Klaus
Steffen Scheumann	...	Norbert
Sascha Nathan	...	Johnny

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:

supermarket | shelf stacking | playing chess | voice over | bare chested male | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sommerhaus Filmproduktionen,Departures Film,Arte

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Original literary source: "In den Gängen", taken from the book "Die Nacht, die Lichter", written by Clemens Meyer, published by S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt-am-Main, 12-2-2008, 272 pp., ISBN: 978-3100486611.

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Little here..

In the Aisles has some good and redeeming moments about it which doesn't completely break it but then again it could have been much better if it actually tried a bit more especially in terms of acting, storyline and especially pacing too.