Austrian writer-director Bernhard Wenger‘s feature directing debut Peacock dissects the themes of identity and self-presentation in the age of social media but it doesn’t hit you over the head with a hammer. Actually, it doesn’t even mention social media much at all.
Peacock, an Austrian-German co-production that world premiered at the Venice Critics’ Week last year and gets its U.K. debut at the Glasgow Film Festival on Oscar Sunday, with another screening on Monday, features German rising star Albrecht Schuch (Edward Berger‘s All Quiet on the Western Front, Andreas Kleinert’s Dear Thomas, Nora Fingscheidt’s System Crasher) as Matthias, along with the likes of Anton Noori, and Julia Franz Richter.
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“Matthias is a master of performance, slipping seamlessly into any role demanded by his rent-a-companion company’s clients – from art-loving boyfriend to Good Samaritan and dutiful son,” notes a synopsis. “His people-pleasing
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