The Tobacconist

Kino Lorber | Release Date (Streaming): July 10, 2020

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Brent_MarchantJul 13, 2020

What should have been a touching and moving coming of age tale set against a turbulent time in history amidst figures who were giants in their own right struggles desperately to find its rhythm and tone. This story of a tobacconist'sWhat should have been a touching and moving coming of age tale set against a turbulent time in history amidst figures who were giants in their own right struggles desperately to find its rhythm and tone. This story of a tobacconist's apprentice who befriends Sigmund Freud and seeks advice about young love at the time of Nazi Germany's occupation of Austria is a jumble of images and story threads mixed in with dream and fantasy sequences that never gel into a cohesive whole. The changes in mood, from light romantic fluff to serious historical drama, further confound this offering, never letting viewers know if this is something to be taken as an adolescent romp or gripping pathos. Sadly, in the end, director Nikolaus Leytner's latest feature, now available for online streaming, winds up being more confused than any of the patients on Freud's couch.… Expand

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Mauro_LanariMar 8, 2021

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During the Anschluss a 17 year old kid discovers Eros and Thanatos as he attends Freud who, already with the mouth cancer, is well predisposed towards a youthful friendship while awaiting for his own exile in London: is a more(Mauro Lanari)
During the Anschluss a 17 year old kid discovers Eros and Thanatos as he attends Freud who, already with the mouth cancer, is well predisposed towards a youthful friendship while awaiting for his own exile in London: is a more literary plot conceivable? In fact, the film is the adaptation of an international bestseller with 3 narrative lines that strive in vain to reinforce each other. Then the director follows the book not making audiovisual contributions worthy of the name, and even the transcribed dreams reveal their origin on a page and the subsequent clumsy cinematic rendering.… Expand

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