Films

Official Oscar© Selection—Austria

Albrecht Schuch (All Quiet on the Western Front) stars as Matthias, who, if you hire him, can be whoever you want him to be. As head of the rent-a-friend company, MyCompanion, he has perfected the art of seamless impersonation and effortlessly slips into any role–the perfect son, the accomplished boyfriend–and no request is too outlandish.

This professional mastery comes at the cost of his personal life, which crumbles steadily the deeper he invests in make-believe relationships. Before his detachment from reality and those who truly know him worsens, he must come to terms with the fact that the ability to inhabit any persona might not be the cure-all for the human connection he desperately seeks. Witty, darkly comic, and sharply satirical, Peacock is a delightfully offbeat exploration of identity and a biting commentary on the masks we wear.

“Polished and slyly entertaining”
-Wendy Ide, Screen International

“Very funny, glib, silly, weird and sincere, all at the same time”
-Claire Fulton, Loud and Clear