Antares

A wide shot of a large housing estate on the outskirts of Vienna sets the scene right from the start: a structure that suggests uniformity. This is a recurring motif in recent Austrian feature films; here, we can trace subjectivities and structures that define one another—traces of a revolt that is often nipped in the bud. In ANTARES, the housing estate is initially a dramatic setting. Three relationship dramas unfold here on the same day, intersecting more or less loosely. Three couples, each stuck in their own way and yet driven by an undefined desire; each culminates in a crisis, placing them in parallel with one another without ever truly converging. DOMINIK KAMALZADEH