In the Aisles

(2018)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 199 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2018

Runtime: 125 мин

Country: Germany

Director: Thomas Stuber

Cast: Франц Роговский, Сандра Хюллер, Петер Курт, Henning Peker, Ramona Kunze-Libnow, Sascha Nathan, Gerdy Zint, Clemens Meyer, Andreas Leupold, Steffen Scheumann

Plot

Christian, a reclusive young man from Leipzig, gets a job working the night shift at a big-box store. He's trained to stocks goods and operate a forklift by Bruno, a wistful former truck driver, who introduces Christian to a colorful group of overnight workers, including Marion, with whom Christian develops a troubled infatuation.

After shy, reclusive Christian loses his job, he starts to work for a wholesale market. Bruno from the beverage aisle takes him under his wing and quickly becomes a fatherly friend to him. He shows him the ropes and patiently teaches him how to operate the fork lift. In the aisles he meets "Sweets"-Marion. He is instantly smitten by her mysterious charm. The coffee machine becomes their regular meeting point and the two start to get to know each other. But Marion is married and Christian's feelings for her seem to remain unrequited, especially when Marion does not return to work one day. Christian slowly becomes a member of the wholesale market family and his days of driving forklifts and stacking shelves mean much more to him than meets the eye.