Suck Me Shakespeer
Directed by Bora Dağtekin
- comedy
The story
Ex-con Zeki Müller goes undercover as a teacher at a below average Gymnasium to find money he'd stashed prior to incarceration.
What it’s like
Bright, flat daylight fills the wide windows of a rundown German school, and the camera stays close and quick, cutting between classroom chaos, staff-room bickering and sun-faded corridors with the brisk energy of a studio sitcom. The palette is clean and warm, with primary-coloured lockers, faded posters and cheap sofas, and the score is peppy pop-rock and bouncy synth stings that keep everything light. The vibe is sunny, scrappy and irreverent: a rowdy, feel-good comedy for a lazy weekend afternoon, a group watch, or an easy pick for a long-haul flight. The pacing is fast and sketch-like, with running gags landing every minute or two. Emotionally it is warm underneath the crudeness, following a hardened ex-convict and a roomful of underachieving teenagers as they slowly grow fond of one another. Intensity is mild: crude language, sexual innuendo, slapstick scuffles and a few tense moments, but no gore and little real cruelty. It suits viewers who want a loud, affectionate laugh rather than anything gentle or quiet, and fans of broad European school comedy.
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