The Golden Glove

I watch movies for a lot of different sensations, but “visceral nausea“ is not on the list. 'The Golden Glove' is a well-shot film (despite a deliberately grotesque aesthetic) that might be fun for transgression hungry viewers. I'm not that edgy - to me, this film is nothing more than a solipsistic group analysis session in which the audience is held hostage, believing there's a point to it all.
- Jake Watt

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The entirely convincing Jonas Dassler is almost unrecognisable here in this really quite uncomfortable to watch story of sexual and societal depravity. He is Honka, a man who lives in an attic room where he on occasion entertains ladies of all ages, shapes and sizes that he has either encountered in his favourite bar ("The Golden Glove") or on the street - often quite literally, or just about anywhere else their search for booze might take them. A bit like "Sweeney Todd", though - these women tend not to leave in anything like the state they arrived in. Indeed, in most cases leaving was more l...