Fabian

This film (drama)Also known asFabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde，is aGermany, AustriaProducerwomen sex，At2021Released in year 。The dialogue language isGerman，Current Douban rating8.4(For reference only)。

Berlin in 1931. An environment between rented apartments and the underworld, brothels serve as artists' studios, Nazis openly insult on the streets, while Babelsberg dreams of producing "psychological films." Life is intense, society is fermenting, and corroding. As long as there is work, Jacob Fabian, who holds a PhD in German studies, writes advertising copy during the day and frequents the city's more absurd places with Stephen Labude at night. His friend—who later admits to having "failed in the subjects of life and career"—is ambitious when discussing communism and sex, while Fabian remains clear-headed and detached. He waits for a "decent victory," yet does not truly believe in it. His love for Cornelia is the only thing that makes him question his sardonic fatalism. She becomes a ray of hope in his crumbling life. Despite many similarities with today's criticized world, bringing Erich Kästner's deeply tragic autobiographical novel "Fabian"—one of the most important novels of the Weimar Republic—out of its dark living environment poses a challenge. Dominik Graf excellently navigates this challenge. His style is subtly sharp, cold-blooded yet light, and quietly melancholic. This film is like a slowly turning disco ball, telling the story of the connection between sexual acts and empty refrigerators, and the collapse of dreams of happiness.