"Montag kommen die Fenster" is a German movie from 2006, so this one had its 10th anniversary last year. The writer and director is Ulrich Köhler and this was his second full feature film, maybe his least known as of today. Still it is an award-winning work. The film runs for slightly under 1.5 hours and this already includes end credits, so not a long film at all. The fact that this one is not really popular in my opinion has a lot to do with lead actress Isabelle Menke. Her bleakness and "normal" looks may fit in with the film's tone perhaps, but I am not sure she has the talent and potential to be first-cast. And she is also the major character here, maybe the only major character really as she has by far the most screen time. I personally would have preferred more scenes with Hans-Jochen Wagner as she has much more charisma than his female co-lead as he has also proved in Maren Ade's "Alle Anderen". But he plays second fiddle here only unfortunately. There are a couple more known names like Tatja Seibt, Fassbinder regular Harry Baer and Devid Striesow, which show's this film's prestige, even if they did not really have more than one scene to shine overall. The most interesting aspect about this film, especially for me as a tennis lover is the fact that this film includes the only acting performance in the career of former world number one player Ilie Năstase, who plays basically himself and I would not really be surprised if he has women in his hotel rooms at times too like he does in here with Menke's character. But besides that, there is really nothing memorable about this film or the characters sadly. It is a very slow movie, but there are some controversial moments. However, to me these only felt for the sake of it and the final shot is a pretty fitting example of how the film is really much more about the attempt at being controversial and multi-layered than about it actually being this way as they quickly rushed in the hot of male genitalia eventually. All in all, I was not convinced at all by this one. It may have worked out better with a more satisfying lead actress. Thumbs down. Don't watch.
