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The Mistress(Das Fräulein)

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Switzerland, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 2006
1h 21m
Director Andrea Štaka
Starring Mirjana Karanović, Andrea Zogg, Marija Škaričić, Pablo Aguilar
Genre Drama

Ruža is living in Zurich decades after leaving her home country of Serbia. She leads a quiet and repetitive life as the owner of a restaurant by the railroad tracks. But everything changes as she forms a friendship with Ana, a strong-willed and enigmatic refugee from Bosnia.

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Village Voice by Aaron Hillis

Stylized with a recurring misty focus, the film's economically captured detail shots (gestures, expressions, caught moments) convey genuine sensitivity without the expected weepiness.

38

Slant Magazine by Ed Gonzalez

Fraulein almost entirely shuns backstory, coloring around the lives of its characters with ostentatious style (in this case, fuzzy-wuzzy visual vibes and music tailored to each character’s generation) and hoping audiences won’t mind filling in the blanks.

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Variety by Jay Weissberg

Staka’s interested in subtleties and looks at the different coping mechanisms of immigrants, from Ruza’s overly efficient life to Ana’s carefree existence.

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The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis

An intimate, elusive drama about the boundaries of friendship and nationality, Fräulein presents immigrant lives with significantly more empathy than detail. For some, though, the movie’s narrative shorthand will be enough.

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