Sundance Review: Human Factors Is About the Journey, Not the Big Reveal Directed by Ronny Trocker
Starring Mark Waschke, Sabine Timoteo, Hassan Akkouch
Published Feb 01, 2021
8
Whether it s the direct upbringing of those fortunate enough to make films or simply the narrative problems solved, the upper-middle class experience is one with no shortage of representation in media. Still, when that s the socioeconomic setting for the unravelling of an uptight European family who seemingly have it all, the representation of rich people is more than welcome.
Human Factors follows Jan (Mark Waschke) and Nina (Sabine Timoteo), a married couple who run a successful German ad agency. When they decide to take on a political client, their bougie loft space is bombarded with protestors and they decide to escape their fancy apartment (with a picturesque yet aggressively noisy subway line outside of their kitchen window) to bask in their countryside home. When Nina discovers intruders have bro