Hoezo in KINO

“When two people love each other and they can’t make that work, that’s the real tragedy.” Maybe the most underappreciated weapon in Fincher’s arsenal is his ability to cast a role perfectly. Besides Pitt, the maverick director rarely works with the same actor for a lead part in the belief that in essence, most actors play a version of themselves. To correctly adapt Gillian Flynn’s namesake bestseller, the male protagonist needed to convey the ambivalence of a smarmy but handsome fellow who might have something to hide and the female an intelligent and icy beauty capable of anything. Enter Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, for this twistful mystery with a comedic edge about a relationship hitting peak toxicity in the most public way. English language without subtitles.