Peacock

Peacock (2025) is a dry Austrian comedy from Bernhard Wenger you can watch online on iFILM. Matthias makes a living by becoming whoever you need: a cultured date for the evening, the perfect son for someone else's parents, a stand-in to rehearse a hard conversation with.

Clients pay for a performance, and Matthias delivers it flawlessly, around the clock. There's just one snag. Once the props are packed away and the bookings dry up, he has no idea who he actually is. His girlfriend leaves, his own reflection turns into a stranger, and the reflex to mirror everyone around him slowly hollows him out.

Albrecht Schuch plays this human chameleon with a chill that creeps up on you. Wenger's feature debut screened in Critics' Week at Venice — a deadpan satire of an age that prizes image over substance, with no tidy lesson waiting at the end. Stream Peacock (2025) online on iFILM.