This is the 19th film in the Stuttgart Fantasy Film Festival.
Sebastian Stan plays Edward Lemuel, a man with a disfigured face. He's
attracted to Ingrid, the girl next door. She becomes a close friend, but he's too
ugly for her to want a relationship. He takes part in the trial of a new
drug, and he's cured. He looks like Sebastian Stan! Rather than telling people
his looks have improved, he changes his name and pretends to be a different man. He tells
everyone that Edward has killed himself. He finally has a relationship with
Ingrid, who no longer recognises him.
So he lives happily ever after? Not quite. He meets Oswald, a man whose face
looks identical to his old face. The difference is that Oswald is outgoing and
self-confident. Ingrid falls in love with Oswald.
That might sound like spoilers, but a lot more happens in the film. At first
the film disturbed me. Edward was so ugly that I found the film distasteful.
But as the film progressed it grew on me. I've given it a three star rating
(i.e. average) because I don't know what to do with it. I need to watch it
again, and I might rate it higher.
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