Longing

Name: Longing
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: June 22, 2007
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 62

2007

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Release Date: June 22, 2007

Summary: This German film is a tale of small-town infidelity.

Director: Valeska Grisebach

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Runtime: 88 min

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Aaron Hillis

Magnificent and moving chamber drama. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Just as the story is minimalist, so too is the documentary-like film's look: long static takes and tons of close-ups. An epilogue allows viewers to come to terms with the film's tragic ending. Read full review

Matt Zoller Seitz

Intrigues because it presents an outwardly decent man falling equally in love with two women but eschews simplistic judgments. Read full review

Derek Elley

Big emotional themes come hidden in a deceptively small package in Longing, a mightily impressive feature debut by German writer-director Valeska Grisebach. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Few recent films have left me feeling more conflicted than Valeska Grisebach's second feature (2006), which is sensitive, moving, accomplished in its extraordinary direction of nonprofessional actors but also a little bogus. Read full review

Kirk Honeycutt

Longing makes you long for a good movie. Tedious and long-winded even at 90 minutes, this German film, written and directed by Valeska Grisebach, tells a mundane tale of adultery that lacks even the slightest insight. Read full review

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