"Indien" or "India" is an Austrian German-language film from 1993, so this one will have its 25th anniversary soon. The director here is Paul Harather and it was his big breakthrough film. He also wrote the screenplay together with lead actors Alfred Dorfer and Josef Hader, who both have been among Austria's acting elite since then. For this duo, it was also their breakthrough work. These days, this movie is considered one of the best Austrian films ever made and even if I am not sure if I agree with such a statement, I would say that I can see why people think so. It is the story of Kurt Fellner and Heinzi Boesel, two health inspectors who struggle early on in their work together, but quickly become friends. And they have a huge challenge coming up to their new friendship.
I personally thought there was more good than bad in this 85-minute movie. There were scenes for sure that did not feel too authentic in terms of how they did not really know each other for a long time and I am not sure if I really felt the strong connection that they wanted us to believe in. And then there are some individual scenes that the film could have done without, such as Dorfer's character's anger breakdown about why he is the one who got it towards the end. I know this one in particular was intended as an emotional highlight, but I cannot say I felt it was authentic or just fit in in terms of the characters' actions and reactions. But this is just personal perception and others may think completely different about this scene and maybe not like some of the scenes that I quite enjoyed. Which were quite a few and not just the ending (about reincarnation). All in all, this was a good, but not great movie. You may want to check it out if you like dramatic comedies or just Austrian films in general.
I personally thought there was more good than bad in this 85-minute movie. There were scenes for sure that did not feel too authentic in terms of how they did not really know each other for a long time and I am not sure if I really felt the strong connection that they wanted us to believe in. And then there are some individual scenes that the film could have done without, such as Dorfer's character's anger breakdown about why he is the one who got it towards the end. I know this one in particular was intended as an emotional highlight, but I cannot say I felt it was authentic or just fit in in terms of the characters' actions and reactions. But this is just personal perception and others may think completely different about this scene and maybe not like some of the scenes that I quite enjoyed. Which were quite a few and not just the ending (about reincarnation). All in all, this was a good, but not great movie. You may want to check it out if you like dramatic comedies or just Austrian films in general.