The Affair

Name: The Affair
Genre: Drama
Released: March 5, 2021
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 35
Cast: Alexandra Borbély, Anouk Christiansen, Brian Caspe, Claes Bang, Evan Cregan

2021

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Bioscop | Release Date (Streaming): March 5, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Alexandra Borbély, Anouk Christiansen, Brian Caspe, Claes Bang, Evan Cregan, Hanna Alström, Kevin Clarke, Olga Plojhar Bursikova, Petra Buckova, Tabitha Campbell

Summary: Liesel Landauer and her friend Hana are linked by a lifelong relationship and an exceptional house built by the architect Von Abt for Liesel and her husband Bikto in Czechoslovakia in the early 1930s.

Director: Julius Sevcík

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 104 min

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James Berardinelli

Mar 5, 2021

The problem with The Affair is that once the World War II segments have ended, the movie loses its momentum and ability to balance both sides of the romance. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Mar 3, 2021

The best way to appreciate The Affair is to sidestep its pot-boiler pretentious and think of as an exceptionally elegant episode of House Hunters International. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Mar 11, 2021

While The Affair rather adamantly insists that life doesn’t adhere to the idealized cleanliness of modern design, this hollow adaptation also never allows itself to share in the forward-thinking courage of its architecture. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Mar 5, 2021

How can a movie this visually glossy be so devastatingly uninteresting and dull? Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Mar 2, 2021

Full of incident, heartbreak, secrets and betrayal, The Affair and its choppy formal structure don’t do justice to an enormously appealing cast. Read full review

Michael Ordoña

Mar 3, 2021

We get slivers of moments and feelings described rather than experienced. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Mar 21, 2021

Despite a fine Continental cast and gleaming production values, Czech helmer Julius Ševčík has made a muddled, maudlin hash of what ought to have been a sure thing. Read full review

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