Life Guidance
5.5
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.
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Cast
31 people
Fritz Karl
Alexander Dworsky
Known for
Grave Decisions
Goebbels and the Führer
Katharina Lorenz
Anna Dworsky
Known for
Corsage
Sanctuary
Ruth Mader
Gabriele Kranzelbinder
Also in
The Million Dollar Bet
Martin Leidenfrost
Nicolas Jarosch
Franz Dworky
Also in
Meiberger: Chasing Minds
Walking on Sunshine
Julia Norz
Petra Morzé
Iris Brauer
Known for
Antares
North Face
Barbara Pichler
Kristina Bangert
Bankangestellte
Known for
Vienna Blood
Stephanie Wagner
Rainer Egger
Buchhalter
Known for
Frantz
The Red Violin
Ruth Mader Director · Martin Leidenfrost Writer
Budget $2.5M · United States release October 18, 2017 · Produced in Austria
Box office
Budget
$2,500,000
Production
KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production
Production
ORF
Production
Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Production
Austria
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Italy · September 8, 2017
Premiere
United States · October 18, 2017
Chicago International Film Festival
Austria · January 12, 2018
Theatrical
France
September 6, 2018 · L'Étrange Festival
Germany
October 6, 2017 · Hamburg Film Festival
Greece
November 6, 2017 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Japan
July 29, 2018 · Digital
South Korea
October 14, 2017 · Busan International Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 7, 2017 · London Film Festival
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