#Bales2023FilmChallenge April 16: Cash for #NationalCashDay
Good-for-nothing Willi (Charly Wierzejewski) is in trouble. After yet another run-in with the law, and yet again meeting the wrong people at the wrong time, he falls in love with a destitute street worker (Eva Mattes). Now he really needs #money so he can support himself, her, and her kid. He tries his hand at renting himself out to a rich homosexual [homosexuality was illegal in 1970s W Germany], then moves forward to robbing the money transporter of a local supermarket with his pimp buddy. But as usual, Willi is in trouble.
Shot on location in #Hamburg's red-light district St. Pauli, Supermarkt (Roland Klick, 1974) is gritty, unpleasant and has an authenticity rarely seen in other films of this genre. An absolute recommendation.
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