Jagdzeit (2020)
7KJagdzeit: Directed by Sabine Boss. With Therese Affolter, Werner Biermeier, Roland Bonjour, Diane DelaCroix. Maier is working as the CFO of a Swiss car parts maker. When a new CEO takes over, Maier accepts him, but soon gets suspicious of him. A bitter struggle breaks out between the two men, leading to a failed IPO with Maier as the fall guy.
“The VW diesel scandal also hit the Swiss automotive supplier group Walser hard. Since the board of directors has the feeling that the current management level is not in a position to master this crisis, the German Hans-Werner Brockmann (Ulrich Tukur) is brought to Walser as the new CEO. Brockmann is supposed to bring the company into shape by restructuring it. The CFO Alexander Maier (Stefan Kurt) is spared from the wave of layoffs. From now on he supports Brockmann wherever he can.nBut then the initial collegiality turns into a fight. Brockmann begins to ignore Maier and the development teamu0026#39;s suggestions. Instead, he plans to put Walser on the stock exchange and wants to realize big plans with the help of investors. Also because Maieru0026#39;s private life is anything but desired, the CFO feels increasingly pushed into a corner and soon seems to be capable of anything.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe well-played and well-staged new film by Sabine Boss does a lot of things right, but unfortunately the spark still doesnu0026#39;t want to jump over. The characters leave you a little too cold and the story is pretty predictable. In the end, the film leaves you pensive instead of being carried away during the 90 minutes of playing time.”
