Film Review: ‘In the Aisles’ (‘In den Gängen’)

A captivating and earnest portrayal of overnight-shift workers

Peter Kurth and Franz Rogowski in “In the Aisles.” Anke Neugebauer/Music Box Films/ Sommerhaus Filmproduktion

Not rated | 2h 5min | Drama | 14 June 2019 (USA)

Director Thomas Stuber’s slow-moving drama “In the Aisles” opens with a bizarre scene of forklifts dancing to the classic Austrian waltz “The Blue Danube,” as the red and orange of dawn drifts into bright daylight. Ever-present florescent lights illuminate the wide aisles of a big box store, the kind that seem to permeate most developed countries these days, in a small town in Germany.