''One Way'' is a 2006

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film written and directed by

Reto Salimbeni Reto Salimbeni (born July 28, 1958) is a filmmaker and director known for his features and commercials. His films include ''Urban Safari'', ''The Day I Was My Father'' and ''One Way''. Life Salimbeni grew up in Zurich, Switzerland and Bol ...

and produced by

Til Schweiger Tilman Valentin Schweiger (; born 19 December 1963) is a German actor, voice actor and filmmaker. He runs his own production company, Barefoot Films, in Berlin. Early life Schweiger was born in Freiburg, West Germany, to two teachers. He grew ...

. The film stars Schweiger,

Michael Clarke Duncan Michael Clarke Duncan (December 10, 1957September 3, 2012) was an American actor. He was best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in '' The Green Mile'' (1999), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor a ...

Lauren Lee Smith Lauren Lee Smith (born June 19, 1980) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her television roles, including Emma DeLauro in the syndicated science fiction drama '' Mutant X'', Riley Adams in the CBS forensics drama ''CSI: Crime Scene Investig ...

and

Eric Roberts Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor. His career began with a leading role in ''King of the Gypsies'' (1978) for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination. He was nominated again at the Golden Globes fo ...

. The international production was shot in

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and

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and was co-produced and distributed by

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Synopsis

Eddie Schneider (

) is a

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and successful creative director at a top advertising agency in New York. A master of communication, his pitching skills are legendary, and he never loses an account. Eddie is engaged to Judy Birk (

Stefanie von Pfetten Stefanie Christina Baroness von Pfetten (born November 25, 1973) is a German-Canadian film and television actress. Early life Stefanie von Pfetten was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her parents are Baron Hermann von of German nobility ...

), the boss's daughter. Eddie's life looks perfect, but internally he battles an addiction to sex with no success. His addiction has led him into a life of lies and deceit. Although struggling with his dark side, Eddie thinks his infidelities are victimless crimes and justifies them with his business success. After winning a huge pitch for the agency, Eddie discovers his co-worker and friend Angelina (

) has been raped by Judy's brother Anthony (

Sebastien Roberts Sebastien Roberts is a French-Canadian actor of television and film, working in both French and English projects since 2000. Early life, education, and career He was born Sébastien Robert in Montreal. Robert's family moved from Montreal to S ...

). The Birk family bring in their top lawyer to make sure Anthony is found innocent – but to ensure his freedom Anthony blackmails Eddie with evidence of Eddie's countless affairs, demanding Eddie testifies in court on his behalf. To maintain his perfect life and upcoming marriage – Eddie helps Anthony get off the hook. When Anthony is found not guilty, his victim Angelina is devastated and tries to commit suicide. At the last moment an army general (

) saves her life. Only Angelina sees The General who is a powerful, revenging, guiding angel of heaven and hell. An ethereal force. Judy finds out about Eddie's affairs and breaks off the engagement and her father (

Art Hindle Arthur Hindle is a Canadian actor and director. Early life and education Hindle was born in Halifax. For 12 years, he alternated living with his divorced parents in addition to living in foster homes. He grew up in Bowmanville, and later at T ...

) fires him. Eddie is cut out of the world he created for himself. Helped by her new guardian angel, The General, Angelina takes brutal revenge on both Anthony and Eddie. She gives every bit as good as she was given to Anthony. First, she physically punishes him with a beating, then she uses handcuffs to restrain him while she performs anal sex on him with a device. Knowing she would never be safe from him after her revenge, she shoots and kills him. She orchestrates the assault so that Eddie is the main suspect, thus getting her revenge on him for his failure to testify against Anthony. With no support from former family and friends, Eddie finds himself in prison, facing trial with no way out. Even after he's exposed as an obsessive adulterer in court, Eddie refuses to testify against Angelina and he looks doomed to suffer a lifelong jail sentence. In the film's climax, Judy comes to Eddie's rescue by providing evidence to prove his innocence.

Locations

''One Way'' was shot in Toronto, New York, Vancouver and Cologne (interiors).

Accolades

Til Schweiger (Best Actor) and Reto Salimbeni (Best Screenplay) were nominated in the pre-selection for the

German Film Award The German Film Award (), also known as Lola after its prize statuette, is the national film award of Germany. It is presented at an annual ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the German film industry. Besides being the most important ...

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:One Way (film) 2006 films German psychological thriller films Films about rape Films shot in Cologne 2006 crime drama films 2000s thriller films Films set in New York (state) 2000s German films