简介：SecondfeaturefilmbyGerman-TurkishdirectorThomasArslan(Ferien,AusderFerne),andaroughdiamondofthefirstgenerationoftheso-called‘BerlinSchool’.Canisayoungandsmartupstart;hedreamsofasmallfamilybutthemoneythatfuelsthisdreamcomesfromthestreets.Canisadealer,heworksforHakanwhoissupplyingthekidsinhisneighbourhoodwithdrugs.AndwhileCanstrugglestogetcontroloverhislifeheseeshisgirlfriend,themotherofhiskid,leavingandhimselfincreasinglysurroundedbyfalsefriends.Ontopofit,acop(BirolÜnel,themaleleadfromFatihAkin’s“GegendieWand)isonhisbacktryingtopersuadeCantoworkundercoverforthepolice.ThemoreCanattemptstofreehimself,thedeeperhesinksintoalifeheneveraspiredto. “Dealer”usestheformofthegangsterfilmforasuperbcharacterstudyofayoungmanonhiswaydown.It’sableakfilm,asmostoftheBerlinSchoolfilms,butArslan’sprecisionisastonishing.Hisframingoftheaction(orrathernon-action)isalmostgeometrical,Arslanhasakeeneyeforspace–spacethatismostlyemptyinhisfilm.Hischaracersarelostinthecity,althoughtheyareneveralone.Abandoningallconventionalmumbojumbolikecharacterpsychologyorempathy,“Dealer”remainsaserraticashismainprotagonist.ItwasArslan’ssecondfilmofhis'BerinTrilogy'andthefirstofhisfilmscriticsdescribedas‘Bressonian’.Itisnothingbuttrue.“Dealer”displaysanhonestyanddepththatisrarelyseeninGermancinema.Arslanwasneverthisgoodagain.…