CORTEX - ARE YOU AWAKE?

CORTEX

By Moritz BLEIBTREU

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Thriller - Completed 2020

Hagen's nights are plagued by interrupted sleep and disturbing nightmares. Dream and reality blur unstoppably. When his wife has an affair with Niko, a small time crook, it kicks off a merciless spiral that shatters the lives of both men.

Festivals
& Awards

Filmfest Hamburg 2020
Zurich Film Festival 2020
Tallinn Black Nights FF 2020
Rebels With A Cause Competition
Miami IFF 2021
Fantaspoa Fantastic FF 2021
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Thriller
    • Countries
    • GERMANY
    • Languages
    • GERMAN
    • Budget
    • 3 - 5 M$
    • Duration
    • 96 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Moritz BLEIBTREU
    • Writer(s)
    • Moritz BLEIBTREU
    • Producer(s)
    • Emek KAVUKCUOGLU (Paloma Entertainment GmbH), Moritz BLEIBTREU (Paloma Entertainment GmbH), Jan KRÜGER (Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion GmbH)
    • Synopsis
    • Two men, to lives, a fateful encounter: Hagen suffers from irregular phases of sleep in which he cannot decide between dream and reality. When his frustrated wife cheats on him with the small-time criminal Niko a series of disturbing events is set in motion and the lives of both men will never be the same.
      CORTEX is the directorial debut of the well-known actor Moritz Bleibtreu, whose acting credits include RUN LOLA RUN, THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX and SOUL KITCHEN.