Peacock

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At MyCompanion, the cultured and confident Matthias is available -- for a reasonable fee -- to fill any social role you desire, from 'the perfect son' to the 'enlightened boyfriend', or even 'pilot dad' to impress your classmates at Bring Your Parent to School Day. But while Matthias is at the top of his professional game, his personal life begins to crumble as he detaches from his own identity and burrows deeper into his fictitious lives. Bernhard Wenger's PEACOCK is a biting and hilarious social satire about the masks we wear in the pursuit of human connection.

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Natalia Winkelman

New York Times

Watching Matthias on the job is entertaining enough, even as the movie’s allegorical ambitions are stymied by a narrative inertia, and by a sneaking suspicion that we’ve seen this sort of social commentary before.

Sep 19, 2025

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Guy Lodge

Variety

Wenger’s script is a sly, finely balanced thing, pointedly and often hilariously poking fun at corporate and capitalistic ideals of self-improvement and social coordination, without ridiculing the individuals who feel beholden to those standards.

Sep 1, 2024

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Wendy Ide

Screen International

The smart concept, social commentary and a strong central performance from Albrecht Schuch combine to create a polished, slyly entertaining work that should attract arthouse audiences.

Aug 31, 2024

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

... lends conviction to its premise while also embracing the absurdity, offering a winning balance of dark laughs and sobering subtext.

Sep 19, 2025

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

A provocative, funny and profoundly moving satire. A smart, biting and outrageously funny study of human nature..

Sep 15, 2025

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

Peacock is an instant satiric and absurdist classic with a brilliantly deadpan performance by Albrecht Schuch. His is a masterful turn, precise yet seemingly cuckoo. And Schuch’s final scene is priceless, hilarious and, ultimately, devastating.

Rated: A-

Sep 1, 2025

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Liina H

A great social criticism film. We are losing ourselves in this society and it was funny too. I recommend everyone to watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/20/25

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Stephen C

Success in 1 hour and 42 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All ages admitted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/19/25

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At MyCompanion, the cultured and confident Matthias is available -- for a reasonable fee -- to fill any social role you desire, from 'the perfect son' to the 'enlightened boyfriend', or even 'pilot dad' to impress your classmates at Bring Your Parent to School Day. But while Matthias is at the top of his professional game, his personal life begins to crumble as he detaches from his own identity and burrows deeper into his fictitious lives. Bernhard Wenger's PEACOCK is a biting and hilarious social satire about the masks we wear in the pursuit of human connection.

Director: Bernhard Wenger
Producer: Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser
Screenwriter: Bernhard Wenger, Bernhard Wenger
Distributor: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Production Co: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, CALA Filmproduktion
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 19, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 42m