Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg. The title is a bit of a joke, a reference to the city/state in Germany where Volkswagen is headquartered. The fact that thereâs not a single VW in the film suggesting that either the lawyers prevailed or writer/director Christian Petzold decided heâd said enough already with his automotively flavoured title. Because the film is about a car salesman (Benno FĂŒrmann) out on the open road who, while fishing around for his phone on the floor of his classic NSU Ro 80, knocks a boy off his bicycle. Philipp doesnât pull over to see if the inert figure is OK, partly because he’s in shock, partly because heâs a coward. Though by the … Read more