Never Look Away
Werk ohne Autor
2018GermanyLanguage: deDirected by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck★ 7.7
Available in English: subtitled
German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholichauntinghopefulbleak
Pacing
slow burnepisodicescalating
Story
escapeunravelingjourney
Emotion
figuring out who you aregriefguiltlongingloss of innocenceredemption
Themes
life under oppressionfamily wounds passed downcorrupt institutionsclass and moneycaught between worlds
Feel
cerebralquietly hauntingemotionally wreckingdiscussion starter
Violence
moderate