Tod eines Schiedsrichters

This topic speaking of raging hooligans was a rare, unusual but a golden opportunity for an offbeat, quirkly director as Jean Pierre Mocky, who has never been better when criticizing many modern world problems, with his own style and atmosphere. This movie is terrific, tense, gritty, without any risk of boredom for the viewer. It may be not always realistic for the audiences. It is dark, gloomy, it may leave a bad, bitter taste in the mouth. I warn you before watching. Michel Serrault plays an evil, disgusting, disturbing character, evil lead character. And keep care about the ending, you may fall from your chair. Beware not to hurt your lower back, ankle, hips.....The adaptation from the book looks like the one concerning ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW, a novel written by William Mc Givern. Same basic material, same DNA, but a total different development.