Johannes Betzler is having a rough year. His weekend at Hitler Youth camp was a disaster, and he’s now been assigned menial tasks for the Nazi Party (as well as an insulting nickname). As he confesses to his imaginary best friend Adolf Hitler (played hilariously by director Taika Waititi), "Jojo" just wants to serve the cause. And so Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, MVFF37) takes us down a surreal historical rabbit hole where the jabs at fascism are fast and Führer-ous. But he also shows how buffoons are often the most dangerous monsters and that the most casual cruelties can be found in your own backyard. With fine support from Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson, and Thomasin McKenzie (the breakout star of last year's Leave No Trace), the film’s wit is dry, its humor broad, but the stakes are perilously high. Like Life Is Beautiful, this absurdist fable amidst real-life horror illustrates that few are truly innocent when faced with deadly moral choices.