Life Guidance

Life Guidance

2018 · 101 min · ★ 4.7 · Science Fiction

The film is set in the near future, in a world of perfect capitalism. Society is sustained by a class of top achievers; meanwhile, so-called minimum recipients live under sedation in Fortresses of Sleep. The great majority of top achievers view themselves as happy. An outsourced agency has been established for the rest: Life Guidance is charged with turning these individuals into optimal people as well. Alexander has internalized the system but one wrong word to his child triggers Life Guidance. He starts to rebel and encounters the horror of the system in all its brightness and affability.

Directed by Ruth Mader · Written by Martin Leidenfrost

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Fritz Karl Alexander Dworsky
Katharina Lorenz Anna Dworsky
Nicolas Jarosch Franz Dworky
Petra Morzé Iris Brauer
Kristina Bangert Bankangestellte
Rainer Egger Buchhalter
Arno Frisch Harter Kollege
Peter Knaack Bester Freund
Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly Der Lustige
Florian Teichtmeister Gregor Fainmann
Alexander Strobele Hans Georg Croy
Udo Samel Grundherr

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