Amnesia

Name: Amnesia
Genre: Drama
Released: July 21, 2017
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Corinna Kirchhoff, Eva Barceló, Fèlix Pons, Fermí Reixach

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Film Movement | Release Date: July 21, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Bruno Ganz, Corinna Kirchhoff, Eva Barceló, Fèlix Pons, Fermí Reixach, Florentín Groll, Lluís Altés, Marie Leuenberger, Marthe Keller, Max Riemelt

Summary: Ibiza, the early nineties, Jo is a 25-year-old music composer. He has come over from Berlin and wants to be part of the nascent electronic music revolution, ideally by getting a job first as a DJ in the new nightclub on the island, Amnesia. Martha has been living alone in her house facing the sea for forty years. One night Jo knocks on herIbiza, the early nineties, Jo is a 25-year-old music composer. He has come over from Berlin and wants to be part of the nascent electronic music revolution, ideally by getting a job first as a DJ in the new nightclub on the island, Amnesia. Martha has been living alone in her house facing the sea for forty years. One night Jo knocks on her door. Her solitude intrigues him. They become friends even as the mysteries around her accumulate: that cello in the corner she refuses to play, the German language she refuses to speak. As Jo draws her into his world of techno music, Martha puts everything she had previously lived by into question. [Film Movement]… Expand

Director: Barbet Schroeder

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Jul 21, 2017

It is reported that this movie’s scenario was inspired by the life of Schroeder’s own mother, and the film has a personal tone that is not always detectable in his other movies. It enhances a film that’s one of the most thoughtful in his body of work. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Jul 20, 2017

While its insights into the consequences of selective memory loss continue to resonate the world over, at its heart, Amnesia is a beautifully acted depiction of confronting regret. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Jul 20, 2017

Barbet Schroeder offers up a touching look at unrequited love and neglected memory with the simpatico two-hander, Amnesia. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Jul 19, 2017

Schroeder was reportedly inspired to make Amnesia as a tribute to his mother, who left Germany not long after the Nazis came to power and never wanted to return; he even shot the film in the house where she lived for many years (which was also a major location in his 1969 debut, More). But neither he nor his co-writers managed to prevent their ostensible subtext from swamping the text. Read full review

Tatiana Craine

Jul 20, 2017

Under Schroeder’s direction, Keller and Riemelt deliver wistful, earnest performances that almost make up for the script’s shortcomings. Read full review

Lee Marshall

Jul 20, 2017

This plodding drama, centring on the friendship between a young German DJ and an ageing expatriate, never shakes the dust off the pages. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 28, 2017

Fresh insights are rare and dramatic moments rarer in Barbet Schroeder’s meditation on Germans forgiving themselves for the Holocaust, Amnesia. Read full review

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