The Bone Man aka Der Knochenmann (2009)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1181927/

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Subtitles (.srt) - English / Portuguese BR


Description: And again something has happened in Austria. In the third film (after Silentium and Komm, suesser Tod) laconic private eye Simon Brenner (Josef Hader) has to solve a case of murder, prostitution, eastern european gangsters, blackmail, missing persons, fried chickens and a sinister bone-grinding machine. And love, because it was love that started everything.

Just like BrennerΓΓé¼Γäós latest case, the film is mixed of lots of tasty ingredients ΓΓé¼ΓÇ£ suspense, violence, gore, love, a faithful depiction of Austria and itΓΓé¼Γäós rural population, romance and lots of black humor.

One awaits a crime thriller that closely follows the book by Wolf Haas and has many intelligent gags but the the viewer is then overwhelmed by a great masterpiece that works on many levels - a sarcastic thriller, dark humour, amazing photography that reveals some Austrian reality, an intelligent plot with cool twists, great acting, ironic social criticism etc.

This movie is in a row with the Kottan series, Indien, the other Brenner-movies of course, Slumming etc. and reassures one that although Qualtinger is dead his humour is not gone. When viewing this film one gets almost sad by realizing how good Austrian cinema can be, but there is not much support for filmmakers in Austria.

Unfortunately, an international distribution seems unlikely (and the question remains if and how the movie would work when dubbed in a foreign language). Which is a pity, because Der Knochenmann is AustriaΓΓé¼Γäós response to the Coen Brothers Fargo. (~ moviereviewblog.net & imdb.com)