Synopsis
Christian, a reclusive young man from Leipzig, gets a job working the night shift at a big-box store. He's trained to stocks goods and operate a forklift by Bruno, a wistful former truck driver, who introduces Christian to a colorful group of overnight workers, including Marion, with whom Christian develops a troubled infatuation.
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Cast
- Franz RogowskiChristian
- Sandra HüllerMarion
- Peter KurthBruno
- Henning PekerWolfgang
- Ramona Kunze-LibnowIrina
- Sascha NathanJohnny
- Gerdy ZintTino
- Clemens MeyerMarions Mann
- Andreas LeupoldRudi
- Steffen ScheumannNorbert
Recommandations
- 88
Washington Post
Many reviewers have compared the mood of In the Aisles to the stories of Raymond Carver, and it’s not a bad analogy. Stuber, who wrote the screenplay with Clemens Meyer (based on Meyer’s short story), is adept at evoking both the ache of unanswered longing and the tiny promise of redemption that flickers still within the human spirit, even when crushed under the weight of soulless drudgery. - 80
The Guardian
In the Aisles is a poignant and richly sympathetic film. - 80
Screen Daily
A love story between shelf stackers in a provincial superstore isn’t the most scintillating pitch. And yet, with the aid of affecting performances and a good eye for the virtuoso moves of a forklift truck, director Thomas Stuber mines the magical in the mundane. - 75
RogerEbert.com
While Stuber’s film acknowledges the soul-sucking nature of these colorless environs — at times, the enormous yet empty aisles resemble a ripe setting of an after-hours zombie apocalypse — the filmmaker loves his characters so much that he can’t help but prioritize their humanity that rises above the surface of it all. - 75
Chicago Tribune
The stars, it must be said, are slightly more interesting than the characters, which is another way of saying Rogowski and Huller amplify what’s there on the page. - 70
Variety
In the Aisles is unusual in its compassion and respect for its blue-collared characters. - 63
Movie Nation
A lovely German elegy to the nobility of work and the family we create while working. It’s a quiet, insightful idyll set in the world of modern retail, seen from the ground level — literally. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
A charming exercise in low-key romantic realism that risks being too subtle for its own good.
