Aloys (2016)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2016
	Director: Tobias Nölle
	Actors: Georg Friedrich, Tilde von Overbeck
	Country: CH, F
	Genre: Polar, Drama, Fantasy
	Conditions of visioning: 14.11.2016, Schauburg, OV Sneak Preview, Swiss German with English subtitles
Synopsis: Aloys Adorn (Friedrich) is a lonely unsociable private investigator. His father just died. He lost his camera, videos in a bus. When he is contacted by a mysterious woman (von Overbeck) who stole these, she pulls him into a mind game known as 'telephone walking'. Fascinated by her voice, Aloys discovers an imaginary universe that allows him to break out of his isolation.
Review: The story starts like a black comedy in which we follow the boring, absurd and pathetic life of Aloys in a Swiss city. Once Vera enters into his life, his life becomes even stranger until he builds one imaginary universe full of friends, nature and life. After having seen recently John From with another imaginary universe I loved Aloys for its mysterious romance and its characters providing very funny moments and very melancholic scenes.  The photography is very grey to enhance the boring lives of both Vera and Aloys. And very colourful (very green forest, party) when the imagined life feels better. I liked the cut as well because the environments (reality, imagination) change in the blink of an eye but keeping similar movements of camera and of characters. The characters are well built along the scenes, suspenfull and interesting for their weirdness. Well I like weirdos!  Tobias Nölle has definitely good ideas and a good vision how to implement them. As already reported by JoRafCinema, Tobias Nölle contributed to the creative bomb pot-pourri from Switzerland Heimatland. I wish to see more soon! And now I have the dilemma for the rating. I would give to Aloys a bit more than for John From thanks to the great story, but 8/10 feels too much.
Rating: 8 /10