'In My Room' Trailer: Ulrich Köhler's Cannes Standout Shows The Loneliness Of Being The Last Man On Earth

Trailers are supposed to do nothing more than ensure that viewers of the footage will immediately want to see the film. And in the pursuit of that goal, sometimes those trailers give away far, far too much about a film. In the case of “In My Room,” the new trailer not only intrigues but also gives viewers a sense of the film without an extended run-time or even one word of dialogue.

The trailer for “In My Room” stars fairly simply, as a man is driving down the road. But when he stops and sees abandoned motorcycles strewn all about on the road, he realizes something is going on. Then, we see an abandoned bus, and it’s clear that this man might be the last remaining person in his location. Something happened to everyone else, but we have no clue what that might be. And with the trailer ending with the sight of vehicle headlights pulling up to our main character’s home, there’s the tease of someone else.

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In just over one minute, the trailer for “In My Room,” which was shown at Cannes, TIFF, and NYFF last year, does exactly what it should — makes you desperate to know what happens next.

The film stars Hans Löw, Elena Radonicich, Michael Wittenborn, Ruth Bickelhaupt, Emma Bading, Katharina Linder, Felix Knopp, and Kathrin Resetarits. “In My Room” is written and directed by Ulrich Köhler. He’s probably best known for his last film, “Sleeping Sickness.” Earlier this year, his most recent film “A Voluntary Year” premiered at the Locarno Film Festival.

“In My Room” will debut in New York City on October 11 before beginning a nationwide roll-out in the weeks that follow.

Here’s the synopsis:

Lost in life and beset by a recent passing, Armin has nowhere to go and just as much to show for himself. Fate (or something like it) intervenes when Armin awakes one morning and discovers that seemingly all of humanity has disappeared, leaving him to his limited devices and opening the door for self-discovery — but the gift of maximum freedom bears complications.