'I Understand Your Displeasure' Courtesy of Louis Dickhaut, Frederik Seeberger, WennDann Film Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment You can dive into a world we rarely see and travel back to the early days of the Dardenne brothers with German writer-director Kilian Armando Friedrich's debut fiction feature I Understand Your Displeasure (Ich verstehe Ihren Unmut), which will world premiere in the Panorama program of the Berlin International Film Festival on Friday, Feb. 13. The filmmaker, who has made shorts and co-directed the 2023 documentary Nuclear Nomads, co-wrote the script with Tünde Sautier and Daniel Kunz. Louis Dickhaut and Frederik Seeberger handled the cinematography, with editing by Leila Fatima Keita and Friedrich. The cast of non-professional actors stars Sabine Thalau, Nada Kosturin, Werner Posselt, Sadibou Diabang, and Nigyar Velagic. Related Stories Movies 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' Director on the Power of the 6-Year-Old's Voice: "We Can't Live in a World Without Accountability" News Olivia Colman Opens Up About Never Feeling "Massively Feminine": "I've Always Felt Sort of Nonbinary" I Understand Your Displeasure takes us inside a service sector that remains mostly hidden from many of us: the cut-throat cleaning industry. The movie follows Heike, 59, who works as a customer service manager at a cleaning company. Her job, which keeps you breathless even from the safety of your chair or sofa, sees her mediating between clients, company management and cleaning staff on a daily basis. And now, the firm is having problems with a key subcontractor because Heike tried to poach one of his "unofficial" workers. The subcontractor uses his leverage by threatening to stop his collaboration unless Heike secures more hours and revenue for him. But to meet his demands, she must dismiss one of her own employees, who is close to her friend Taja. Where will things end as she "finds herself increasingly caught between her responsibility for her own employees and the conditions of the low-wage sector," as a synopsis notes? "Heike must decide how far she is willing to go to meet the job's ruthless demands." Well, you have to watch the film to find out how this one plays out. However, THR can now exclusively premiere a first trailer for I Understand Your Displeasure, which was produced by WennDann Film, with Films Boutique handling world sales. Check out the trailer below. But be warned! It may leave you drained. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Wuthering Heights 'Wuthering Heights': What the Critics Are Saying Zootopia 2 'Sinners,' 'Zootopia 2,' 'Wicked: For Good' Win Top Honors at Advanced Imaging Society Lumiere Awards Matt Johnson 'Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie' Review: A Patience-Testing Canadian Mockumentary Heat Vision Gore Verbinski Sounds Off on AI as He Launches 'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die' Heat Vision 'The Strangers: Chapter 3' Star Madelaine Petsch Breaks Down the Trilogy's Intimate Ending Wuthering Heights 'Wuthering Heights' Review: Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi Set Hearts and Loins Aquiver in Decidedly Non-Gothic Brontë Adaptation Wuthering Heights 'Wuthering Heights': What the Critics Are Saying Zootopia 2 'Sinners,' 'Zootopia 2,' 'Wicked: For Good' Win Top Honors at Advanced Imaging Society Lumiere Awards Matt Johnson 'Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie' Review: A Patience-Testing Canadian Mockumentary Heat Vision Gore Verbinski Sounds Off on AI as He Launches 'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die' Heat Vision 'The Strangers: Chapter 3' Star Madelaine Petsch Breaks Down the Trilogy's Intimate Ending Wuthering Heights 'Wuthering Heights' Review: Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi Set Hearts and Loins Aquiver in Decidedly Non-Gothic Brontë Adaptation