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In the Aisles (In den Gängen) [Sub: Eng]
A dramatic movie that follows a young called Christian Gruvert. Christian is looking forward to become a rich man and make a great family. He has just begun his life-work as a shelf stacker at a supermarket. There, he finds himself in a new world that he has to struggle to adapt with it. He passes through exciting events everyday.
1957, Barneberg, German Democratic Republic
1959, Berlin, Germany
1978, Suhl, East Germany [now Thuringia, Germany]
1961
10 September 1957, Meiningen, German Democratic Republic
May 4, 1977 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West Germany
June 12, 2018
Finds beauty and stylish choreography as workers go about their regular tasks, affection and understanding as they share glances across the shelves, and camaraderie as they weather ups and downs both inside and outside the store.March 06, 2018
The tender, tentative romance between Christian and Marion is affecting, personal, and a succinct representation of the desperation to find love in alienating surroundings.February 23, 2018
We could spend forever watching two such interesting actors as Hüller and Rogowski glimmer at each other, his bashful hopefulness meeting her considering eyes, which are strangely serious however merry or mischievous her expression.February 23, 2018
With the aid of affecting performances and a good eye for the virtuoso moves of a forklift truck, director Thomas Stuber mines the magical in the mundane.October 19, 2018
It's a chronicle of blue-collar workers who depend on each other for emotional sustenance. A deep sadness lurks under the laughs. It seeps under your skin.February 23, 2018
A lyrical portrait of emotionally damaged misfits sharing a soulless working environment in contemporary East Germany, In the Aisles is full of tender observation and humane empathy for its downtrodden protagonists.August 24, 2018
Like a German In The Mood For Love, the film follows a difficult forbidden romance that is aesthetically beautiful to watch.October 27, 2018
While charm abounds, these promising moments are spaced sparsely throughout the film's weighty runtime and ultimately left me wanting more from this well-intentioned drama.March 06, 2018
As we meander through the aisles, it is melancholy and poignancy that become the driving forces, and this switch in tone is slightly too jarring. It's the only fault in an otherwise outstanding feature.October 10, 2018
Stuber refuses to allow any action his protagonist Christian (Franz Rogowski) takes to truly go anywhere.February 24, 2018
In the Aisles is a poignant and richly sympathetic film.