Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
TRIAL OF HEIN
Der Heimatlose
Synopsis
On a remote island in the North Sea, Hein returns from mainlaind to his home village after fourteen years away, but nobody in the close-knit community recognises him. Suspecting the young man to be a stranger, they demand a trial to determine his true identity.
Synopsis
On a remote island in the North Sea, Hein returns from mainlaind to his home village after fourteen years away, but nobody in the close-knit community recognises him. Suspecting the young man to be a stranger, they demand a trial to determine his true identity.
Our take
Suspended between folk horror and high-strung melodrama, Kai Stänicke’s bold debut feature paints its tale of a lost son restored in shades of seafoam and straw. With flatlands and Brechtian open sets redoubling its hero’s vulnerability, Trial of Hein is a timely film about the slippages of memory.