The Confessions

Name: The Confessions
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: July 7, 2017
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 42
Cast: Connie Nielsen, Daniel Auteuil, Johan Heldenbergh, Lambert Wilson, Marie-Josée Croze

2017

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Uncork'd Entertainment | Release Date: July 7, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Connie Nielsen, Daniel Auteuil, Johan Heldenbergh, Lambert Wilson, Marie-Josée Croze, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pierfrancesco Favino, Richard Sammel, Togo Igawa, Toni Servillo

Summary: A G8 meeting is being held at a luxury hotel on the German coast. The world's most powerful economists are gathered to enact important provisions that will deeply influence the world economy. One of the guests is a mysterious Italian monk, invited by Daniel Rochè, the director of the International Monetary Fund. He wants the monk to receiveA G8 meeting is being held at a luxury hotel on the German coast. The world's most powerful economists are gathered to enact important provisions that will deeply influence the world economy. One of the guests is a mysterious Italian monk, invited by Daniel Rochè, the director of the International Monetary Fund. He wants the monk to receive his confession, that night, in secret. The next morning, Rochè is found dead...… Expand

Director: Roberto Andò

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 108 min

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Andy Webster

Jul 6, 2017

An investigation among the attendees grants Mr. Andò the opportunity to pursue pithy, discursive exchanges about power, austerity and capitalism amid high-end accommodations and a tasteful classical soundtrack. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Jul 5, 2017

Director Roberto Andò takes the form of a classical whodunit and bludgeons it with naïve indignation and sanctimony. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Godfrey Cheshire

Jul 7, 2017

The Confessions might remind viewers of films ranging from “The Name of the Rose” to Paolo Sorrentino’s “Youth.” But Roberto Andó’s film disappointingly ends up being too flat-footed script-wise to deliver on either its dramatic or thematic promises. Read full review

Kimber Myers

Jul 6, 2017

Italian director Roberto Andò’s film feels entirely manufactured, distancing itself from its audience and blunting its points in the process. Read full review

Alonso Duralde

Jul 12, 2016

Even if you agree with everything The Confessions has to say about the problems of our era and who caused them, you’ll learn nothing new and will find little entertainment in hearing your opinions espoused. Read full review

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