''In the Aisles'' (german: In den Gängen) is a 2018 German

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, directed by Thomas Stuber, that looks at the lives of people filling shelves in an out-of-town supermarket. It was selected to compete for the

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in the main competition section at the

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. At Berlin it won the

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award.

Plot

In a huge new supermarket in the eastern provinces, a withdrawn young man called Christian is hired to help stock the drinks aisle. He works under the equally taciturn Bruno, who gruffly teaches him the job. He also catches the eye of the young blonde Marion, who looks after the confectionery aisle and considers herself a queen bee. Christian falls for her, but lacks the skill to press his case. Other employees warn him that she is married unhappily to a husband who beats her. One morning he waits outside her house until her husband has gone to work and creeps in with a bunch of flowers. She is in her bath singing but, when she hears him coming up the stairs, he flees. It emerges that his low self-esteem comes from teenage years in a gang, followed by prison. Bruno's unhappiness results from his loss of status at reunification, when all he could get was this low-grade job, and he hangs himself. Marion's malaise is not further explained, but she continues to flirt with Christian.

Cast

* Franz Rogowski as Christian *

Sandra Hüller Sandra Hüller (; born 30 April 1978) is a German actress. She gained critical praise for her portrait of Anneliese Michel in Hans-Christian Schmid's drama ''Requiem'' (2006), and is best known internationally for her starring role in Maren Ade' ...

as Marion *

Peter Kurth Peter Kurth (born 4 April 1957) is a German actor. He won the 2016 German Film Award for Best Actor for portraying a former boxer diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the drama film ''A Heavy Heart''. Early life Kurth was born on 4 A ...

as Bruno * Henning Peker as Wolfgang * Ramona Kunze-Libnow as Irina * Andreas Leupold as Rudi * Sascha Nathan as Johnny * Michael Specht as Paletten-Klaus *

Matthias Brenner Matthias Brenner (born 10 September 1957) is a German actor, director and writer. Matthias Brenner was born in Meiningen, Bezirk Suhl, East Germany, the son of actor Carl Rüdiger Brenner (1924–1984). He spent his childhood there.

as Jürgen

Reception

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, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The site's critical consensus reads, "A gently beguiling workplace romance with real heart, ''In the Aisles'' elevates its relatable story with a pair of outstanding lead performances."

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:In The Aisles 2018 films 2018 drama films German drama films 2010s German-language films 2010s German films