But the result of this choice is that the impact of the revelation isn’t quite powerful enough to make audiences race back to several earlier moments in the film that take on a somewhat different meaning in hindsight, with the Russian outcast’s cool confidence with even the hottest girls, for example, now making a lot more sense for a rather unexpected reason. Akin and the actors play the moment in the most understated way possible, which is both effective and affecting. This becomes painstakingly clear in what is, ironically, one of the best and most touching moments in the film, when Tschick has hurt his foot and confesses something to Maik he’s never told anyone. But we’re mostly experiencing him from Maik’s limited vantage point, and we’re not privy to a lot of what he’s thinking. The film doesn’t have a lot of voiceover, however, which is an occasionally frustrating solution since the title character is such a fascinating one.
#Roadmovie tschick update
Herrndorf’s novel is an update of the classic story of youngsters trying to make it on their own without their parents, a la Lord of the Flies and Huckleberry Finn, and is told from the restrictive point of view of its protagonist, Maik.
Their initial idea is to use the car to impress Tatjana but around the half-hour mark, they find themselves on the road with a vague couple of ideas of where to go and what to do.
Case in point: the blue Lada he shows up in on Maik’s doorstep and that he says he “borrows” occasionally. And besides the I-don’t-give-a-damn coolness factor, he also reeks of alcohol and seems to have access to things normally only reserved for adults. Andrej, a mostly silent, I-don’t-bite-as-long-as-you-don’t-come-near-me kind of loner, certainly stands out in his cargo pants and Hawaiian shirts.
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