Triebel is an outstanding presence in this slow-burning thriller, which continues to smoulder long after the credits roll.
West(Westen)
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Germany · 2013
Rated R · 1h 42m
Director Christian Schwochow
Starring Jördis Triebel, Tristan Göbel, Alexander Scheer, Jacky Ido
Genre Drama
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East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.
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Christian Schwochow's film is a tense psychological slow burn, putting us in the muddled headspace of its protagonist as she gradually comes unglued.
Village Voice by Serena Donadoni
Schwochow's intimate, handheld camerawork often feels like surveillance, which transforms mundane events into the menacing moments of a psychological thriller.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
West, for all its intensity, becomes too bogged down in detail to be as strong as it might have been.
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