sakuya-chan

i read a lot about this film before i watched it, but i figured, some people don't know anything about art in cinema, so i decided to watch it myself and to prove them wrong.

i expected too much. this film is shot beautifully, but that doesn't change the fact that it's just sex scenes and live music. seriously: if a person wants sex and music, they rent porn and a live DVD of some band.

i really, really don't mind a lot of sex in a movie, as long as it deepens the knowledge about the relationship between the characters. but we don't know these two people, so we can't relate to them. and the film doesn't really make us want to know more about them, either.

all in all, the film is like a nice flower: beautiful to look at for maybe one or two minutes at best, but not for sixty-seven. it doesn't leave you with any kind of feeling, you know? most films leave a question, or make you go "awwww" or leave you either satisfied or unsatisfied, but this one just makes you go "okay, i just watched a lot of sex, some music, and saw a few shots of Antarctica." and that's all it is.

This film tells a story about a very touchy, often criticized subject of society nowadays, but without the usual, excessively moral underlying critique. It simply shows us the truth, in a very tender, beautifully honest way, free of all prejudice.

The actors, especially the young Anna Maria Mühe, performed outstandingly and really caught and represented the touching atmosphere of the movie. In particular, the acting of Veronika Fitz as an elderly patient was very deep and sensitive.

The wonderful director Sylvia Hoffmann was able to really get the message of the greatly written script by Ariela Bogenberger across. The dialogues characterize the people in the story without falling back on stereotypes, and the script itself, written in a unique, deeply tragic and caring, yet also light and funny style, really deserves an award.

A film really worth watching, that leaves you with many open questions to think about.