I Am Guilty

I Am Guilty

2005. Germany. Directed by Christoph Hochhäusler. With Constantin von Jascheroff, Viktoria Trauttmansdorff, Manfred Zapatka. Armin graduated high school, but he isn’t going anywhere. He lives in the suburbs with his parents, who hover around him, hoping he’ll amount to something. He begins making anonymous claims of responsibility for crimes he sees on the news—first as a lark, then obsessively, returning to the scene of the crime and skulking around police stations. When he is finally arrested, we see for the first time a smile on his impassive face. Finally, there’s a new reality, a moment of rupture, some sort of way out. In German; English subtitles. 90 min.