Der Letzte löscht das Licht

Three crooks break into an inconspicuous apartment building. They are looking for a bag - but find a cat, a cannabis plantation, all kinds of weapons, the ashes of a deceased man, other gangsters … and death. Because everything that can go wrong does go wrong. What begins as a lively crook comedy about a trio of low-level petty criminals develops into a crazy, cleverly told tragicomedy about a dozen more or, especially less cool and confident crooks who all bite the dust in a curious way, just like in Shakespeare, or in Tarantino. The young Swiss director Tobias Aeschbacher openly acknowledges his influence. However, there's no need for a Tarantino film adaptation: his debut "Der Letzte löscht das Licht" works wonderfully as a comic thanks to the great characters, the intricate plot, the Oscar-worthy dialogue, running gags and snappy drawings.