Peacock - Bernhard Wenger

Matthias is a master of his profession. Do you need a ‘cultured boyfriend’ to impress your friends? A ‘perfect son’ to influence your business partners’ opinion of you? Or maybe just a sparring partner to rehearse an argument? Whatever it is, just rent Matthias! While he excels at pretending to be someone else every day, just being himself is the real challenge.

Bernhard Wenger (1992) is an Austrian filmmaker based in Vienna, where he studied directing at the Vienna Film Academy. He loves to work with subtle, odd and visual humour. His short films Excuse Me, I’m Looking for the Ping-Pong Room and My Girlfriend won more than 40 awards and was selected at 120 festivals. Peacock is his first feature film, which he developed at the Cinéfondation Residence of Festival de Cannes 2020 and premiered at Venice Film Festival, in the Critics’ Week section.