Life Guidance

Jan 12 2018 N/A 1h 41m
Sci-Fi

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.

Plot

In the sci-fi dystopia Life Guidance, the eponymous agency supports people in leading an optimal life - optimal in the sense of a turbo- capitalist society. When Alexander lets the wrong thing slip out one day, Life Guidance arrives on the scene immediately - and intervenes with increasing intensity in an only seemingly happy, single family unit. Along with the coach, who is faithful to the system, unease intrudes into Alexander's life. Unease about a society that has forgotten all humanity.

Written by

Martin Leidenfrost, Ruth Mader

Directed by

Ruth Mader

Cast

Fritz Karl, Katharina Lorenz, Florian Teichtmeister

Crew

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Production Countries

Austria

Production Companies

KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production

Languages

Deutsch

Awards

1 win & 7 nominations

Trailers
LIFE GUIDANCE (2017) - Trailer with English subs
Scores
# of Votes
181
Average Rating
5.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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