THE MOVER

THE MOVER (ATLAS), 2018
Germany | DCP, Color, 100’|German
Director: David Nawrath
Cast: Rainer Bock, Albrecht Schuch, Thorsten Merten, Uwe Preuss, Roman Kanonik

Walter is a 60-year-old removal man working for a transport company dealing with forced evictions. The person he trusts the most is Roland Grone, the owner of the company. Walter ignores the physical pain caused by the manual labor involved in his work, just as he ignores the pain his actions inflict on the people whose private lives and spaces he intrudes each day. One day, his boss ventures forth into a risky real estate deal with a family involved in dirty business. An old building is to be emptied and then sold at a higher price again. However, the last remaining tenant in the building resists the forced eviction. Walter thinks that this tenant is his son, whom he abandoned years ago. Disguising his identity, he tries to get close to him and his family, but when he realizes how unreliable the people Grone is working with, Walter finds himself stuck in a difficult situation. In his first feature length film, director David Nawrath and his graceful cast members illustrate the very special story of a father and son who get closer against the atrocity caused by an illegal situation.
2019 Torino Best Actor (Rainer Bock), Special Jury Award