Wintersleepers(Winterschläfer)

Name: Wintersleepers
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance

Germany · 1997
2h 0m
Director Tom Tykwer
Starring Ulrich Matthes, Marie-Lou Sellem, Floriane Daniel, Heino Ferch
Genre Drama, Thriller, Romance

Young blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend ski instructor Marco in a mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Rene, local cinema projectionist, steals Marco's car and gets into a car crash with local Theo, whose daughter, after being in coma for a time, dies. Rene suffers from partial short term memory loss and starts a relationship with Laura. Meanwhile Marco is looking for the man who stole his car and Theo - for the man who killed his daughter...

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Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach

Characters are manipulated and lives made whole in ways both satisfying and unexpected.

New York Daily News by Jami Bernard

Kinetic, sexy and full of meaningful coincidences and intertwined fates.

Boston Globe by Jay Carr

Angst-ridden, yet graceful, stylish, and optimistic allegory about swerving off one road and finding your way back via another.

New York Post by Jonathan Foreman

A cold, emptily stylish exercise -- and one that sorely lacks the speed and vigor that made "Lola" run.

Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum

I can't yet decide whether the film works or not, but it certainly held me for its full two hours.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

From its ominous opening to its spectacular climactic stunt, the hypnotic precursor to director Tom Tykwer's "Run Lola Run" is a quieter but creepier affair.

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

Offers a riveting depiction of the classic collision of fate and character, with geography in this instance playing a crucial role.

Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

It's slow and pretentious, full of craggy Bavarian snowscapes and dour "mystical" portents that seem to circle back to nothing but themselves.

Film.com by Tom Keogh

As he did in "Run Lola Run," he has clearly patented an original combination of cinematic eye and ear candy and a profound, irresistible fascination for the role of chance in this world.

San Francisco Examiner by Wesley Morris

A tedious, soapy romp about overlapping lives and destiny.