(2013, 105 min)
Country: Germany
Director: Patrick Schuckmann
Studio: Canteen Outlaws
Language: German w/Subtitles
SYNOPSIS: A young Spaniard becomes enveloped in the drug- and sex-filled world of nocturnal Berlin in this dizzyingly, almost hallucinogenic thriller.
REVIEW:
A young Spanish man goes to Berlin for some fun only to be sucked into a dangerous, almost hallucinogenic world of sex and violence in this steamy psycho-thriller.
Lured by Berlin’s reputation as city with a pulsating night life, young Spaniard, Luis, (Fernando Tielve) leaves his boyfriend behind to travel to Berlin eager to indulge in drugs, sex, partying, music, and mindless fun.
Somewhat innocent and certainly naïve, wide-eyed Luis is quickly sucked into the dizzying whirlwind of the club scene where he meets up with a strange bohemian crowd, does coke and begins a sexual hook-up/romance with Viktor (Marko Mandic), a domineering Ukrainian with his own set of hidden problems.
After he meets a couple looking for a missing man who bears a striking resemblance to him and after Viktor becomes more menacing, Luis gives in to paranoia as a sense of deteriorating reality begins to overcome him.
Lose Your Head is a complex, "Alice in Wonderland"-like tale of a young man methodically driven out of control.
-- Raymond Murray, TLA Video (http://www.TLAVideo.com)
