Antibodies is a German crime drama. The beginning of the movie starts off like a shotgun blast, literally. A German serial killer is found and captured. While in custody the police attempt to gain information about unsolved murders that he may have committed. The killer is not talking until a farmer/policeman arrives in an attempt to close an open case that he has from his own town. The killer finds a connection with the farmer and as long as the farmer plays by the killers rules he will talk. The problem is that the killer often lies and it is up to the farmer to decipher the truth from the lies. While conducting his interrogation the farmer finds himself being sucked into the killers mind. They equate the evil as the same as a virus that is contagious. The farmer does begin to act outside of his humble upbringing and participates in acts that he would have otherwise left to people from the city. There is a joke in the movie about the killer being similar to “Hannibal Lector”, there are some similarities where the killer does require a “quid pro quo” and will not offer any information until his questions of the farmer are answered.
Antibodies is a foreign film and the dialogue is in the German language, this does not detract from the film, the subtitles
go at a speed that is easy to read and keep up with what is happening on the screen, although some of the translations are a little quirky. One thing that attracted me to the movie was that one of the top billed actors was Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead). He is only in the opening of the movie and does not speak. Not sure how he was cast in the movie but I wanted more. Besides the parallel of Silence of the Lambs, Antibodies does have a good story and has a good twist at the end.
I have said this before, Netflix has a great selection of foreign films. I know people will not watch certain movies because of a foreign language and subtitles but should not limit themselves this way. There are some great movies that are produced outside of the United States. One way to get into a foreign film is to select one that is from an English speaking country, baby steps. Find something that would be interesting to you and just give it a chance, most of the time you will be rewarded.
What are you watching?
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