Review: Agnes and his Brothers

(Agnes und seine Brüder, 2004) Oskar Roehler’s creepy family dysfunction comedy from Deutschland takes its cues more from a movie like “The Celebration” and Fassbinder’s “In a Year with Thirteen Moons” than traditional comic fare. Among the transgressive topics: incest, transsexualism, voyeurism, masturbation and public shitting. Among the actors: Moritz Bleibtreu (“Run Lola Run”), Martin Weiss, Herbert Knaup and New German Cinema axioms Margit Carstensen and Vadim Glowna. 115m. (Ray Pride)

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