巴伐利亚打猎即景

ynopsisfromTimeOutFilmGuide:Betweentheseeminglyidyllicopeningandclosingscenesdepictingaruralcommunity,firstatchurch,thenatthevillagefestival,Fleischmannattacksthatcommunitysprejudicesandignorancewithoutremorse.HisverypreciselyobservedportraitofBavarianlifebeginswithlittlemorethanadisplayofthevillagersconstantribbing,bawdyhumour,continuousgossip,andmorethanahintoftheirslow-wittedness.Withthereturnofayoungman,theiridlemaliceandchildishclowning,alwaysontheedgeofunpleasantness,receivesomefocus:quitewithoutfoundation,theladisvictimisedasahomosexual.Thecripplingconformityoftheiringrainedconservatismleadsthevillagerstorejectanythingdifferent:ayoungwidowisostracised,moreforhercrippledloverandidiotsonthanhermorals;ateacherisfrozenoutbecausesheseducated;thecasualdestructionoftheyounghomosexualisgivennomorethoughtthanthecuttingupofapig.NotGermanyinthe30sbutthe70s;neverthelessthepoliticalparallelsareclear.Animpressivefilm.