Dead in Three Days

"The message "You'll be dead in 3 days" appears on the cell phone display, and before the five young addressees have even realized that this is not a macabre joke, the first of them is already untraceable. A race against time begins. The SMS message gives the film its title. With his second feature film, Austrian director Andreas Prochaska has entered terrain that is as familiar as it is unfamiliar: Familiar, because such genre narratives are part of the standard repertoire, especially in US mainstream cinema. Unfamiliar because, in terms of genre, domestic cinema has so far been limited mainly to comedies - a teen slasher made in Austria, that caused a stir even internationally." ISABELLA RICHER

"I dare to speak of a small, domestic film miracle. Check it out." CHRISTIAN FUCHS | FM4