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: The "Bildungsroman" structure contrasts Franz's personal sexual awakening and emotional growth with the brutal societal shift toward National Socialism. Surrealist Dreamscapes
Critics have praised the film's "understated tone" and its ability to capture a "microcosm of history" within the confines of the tobacco shop. Performance
At its heart, the film follows 17-year-old Franz Huchel (Simon Morzé), who moves from the rural Salzkammergut to Vienna to apprentice under Otto Trsnjek (Johannes Krisch), a one-legged WWI veteran who runs a small tobacco and newspaper shop. Mentorship and Freud
