Alki Alki

(Alkie Alkie)

Director: Axel Ranisch, colour, 102 min., 2014/15

Architect Tobias has a long-standing close friend: ‘Bottle’ always keeps him company, in the office, in the pub, at home with the children and even in the matrimonial bed he shares with Anika. Under Bottle’s influence, the architect not only neglects his job but also increasingly wrecks his marriage, his relationship with his three children and his professional partnership with his business associate Thomas. Attempts to get away from Bottle are short-lived, futile, and simply too late. ALKI ALKI, a tragic addiction comedy, tells of the unstoppable loss of free will.