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Petzold’s most literary film to date.

A quietly enjoyable film with a sense of the old-fashioned about it and a few bursts of humour to cut through the air of melancholy and suspicion.

Petzold exposes the social machinations behind the seemingly simple love stories.

Too enigmatic and slow burning for its own good.

There is no question that Petzold is his own film-maker.

As is true of many a tale, not all motivations are on the table right away, and finding rescue and respite with strangers can only last a mere while.

Petzold depicts a country in shock, where everyone is trying to rediscover a sense of self and where survival may be viewed less a miracle than something unbearable in the face of so many losses.

Keeps the viewer enthralled throughout.

Deserves your attention, marking its director and lead as talents to watch.

Time and place hold both no and every meaning in Christian Petzold's latest film.

When Petzold shows the broken mending again, the magic of cinema becomes the subject

This is, in places, a deeply disturbing film... yet the touching scenes, when they come, have a surprisingly emotional depth.