The Ordinaries

2022 [GERMAN]

Action / Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi

3
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 883 883

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Plot summary

Paula, a young supporting character, studies at the Main Character School and dreams on graduating to become a lead.

Director

Sophie Linnenbaum Photo
Sophie Linnenbaum

Top cast

Fine Sendel Photo
Fine Sendel as Paula Feinmann
Martin Umbach Photo
Martin Umbach as
Michael Pink Photo
Michael Pink as Henry F. Dotter
Sira-Anna Faal Photo
Sira-Anna Faal as Hannah Cooper
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1.07 GB
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German 2.0
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1 hr 59 min
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German 5.1
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

I was initially quite sceptical about this. It

I was initially quite sceptical about this. It seemed quite artificial to pigeon-hole people into cinematic equivalents of socio-economic groupings. Actually, though, once I got my head around it, it worked quite well at providing an observational template for a class system that resonated rather better than I was expecting. It all centres around "Paula" (Fine Sendel). Now she is merely an unremarkable looking "supporting character" but that is so much better than being just about everyone else in this drama and what's next for her could lead to her elevation to "lead". If only she can learn to generate emotional music - and then the sky's the limit. She must train, strive and practice if she is to attain this goal - but there is a distraction. Her mother has repeatedly told her that her father was in that elite grouping, but a trip to the archives cannot find any trace of him. It's her search for evidence that drives her into the clutches of the underworld of the "out-takes" and those other unsavoury unmentionables who work behind the camera. Can she discover the truth before her world and her studies cave in on her? There is no doubting that this is contrived, and that at times that stretches the plausibility - but for the most part this is still quite a compelling, occasionally quite funny, look at human nature, and at what people might do to protect themselves, their families, reputations, prospects - you name it, really. It also takes the story - from the perspective of this ambitious but honest young woman - and asks us questions about what we might do in similar situations; or, indeed, what we have probably already done to get on and retain and/or embellish what we've achieved. I didn't love Fabian Zeidler's score but some characterful supporting roles - especially from her mother "Elisa" (Jule Böwe) and a tightly knit cast make this well worth a watch. It gives the cutting room floor an whole new meaning.
Reviewed by DukeEman 8 / 10

Extra fun if you have worked in the film industry...

A wacky idea dealing with an actual cast system - but in movieland, where your role in a film is your status in life, come be it a background extra with no dialogue (in life you don't have much to say and live in housing projects) to being an outcast living in poverty outskirts because you became an outtake (cut from the film, or as they use to say in the industry during the old days - ending up on the editing room floor), or just being that supporting character that has a mediocre life compared to the main character's luxurious lifestyle. This is a movie with a wonderful surreal story that gets a little messy, but still has plenty to say about society's structure, and who controls the narrative...
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