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Germany · 2020
1h 51m
Director Julia von Heinz
Starring Mala Emde, Noah Saavedra, Tonio Schneider, Luisa-Céline Gaffron
Genre Drama
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Luisa, a freshman law student, joins the local anti-facist organization. As she comes into her own political awakening, she finds the group split along ideological and practical lines about how to best fight the resurgent neo-Nazi movement – with peaceful protest or through more violent measures.
The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young
Viewers of this Venice competition title are likely to find the ideological confusion contagious and the romance pretty trite. But the camerawork and music choices are lively and may enable a younger gen to relate and discuss.
The filmmaking is muscular and immersive, with athletic camerawork and ringing sound design keeping us in the stressed headspace of its young protagonist throughout.
This German story, when it works, is fraught with the tension young people there recognize as the stakes in this struggle
A political thriller charged with anger and sexual tension, this is as timely as it is bracingly entertaining.
The tale drifts and falters when I wished it would have hit home with more conviction, but that may be partly the point. The struggle is endless, unwinnable. Everybody is compromised.
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
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