Title: Die Frau des Polizisten (The Police Officer’s Wife) Director: Philip Gröning Starring: Alexandra Finder, David Zimmershied, Pia & Chiara Kleeman, Horst Rehberg. The feature film, winner of the Special Jury Award at the 70th Venice Film Festival, sets a light on the important theme of femicide, with a peculiar narrative choice that splits the story into 59 chapters, each bookended by numbered “Beginning of Chapter” (Anfang Kapitel) and “End of Chapter” (Ende Kapitel). The almost three-hour look at domestic abuse in provincial Germany focuses on some random scenes from the life of young policeman Uwe, who often works the night shift, and his stay-at-home wife Christine and little [ Read More ]
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- 11/26/2013
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Let me paint you a picture. You come home from work one day, tired, but happy to be alive. You spend a quiet evening with your spouse and children. You’ve worked hard for the life you have, but it’s all been worth it. Then the phone rings. It’s your 67-year old mother and she’s calling to tell you she’s been having an affair with a 76-year old man and is leaving your father. Shocked? I would be.
Cloud 9 (Wolke Neun) is the story of Inge (Ursula Werner). She is a 67-year old woman, mother and wife of 30 years to Werner (Horst Rehberg). Quite unexpectedly, Inge finds herself fallen in love with an older man. She carries on an intimate affair with 76-year old Karl (Horst Westphal). Inge and Karl both are extremely passionate and rambunctious lovers, finding pure joy and bliss when with one another.
Cloud 9 (Wolke Neun) is the story of Inge (Ursula Werner). She is a 67-year old woman, mother and wife of 30 years to Werner (Horst Rehberg). Quite unexpectedly, Inge finds herself fallen in love with an older man. She carries on an intimate affair with 76-year old Karl (Horst Westphal). Inge and Karl both are extremely passionate and rambunctious lovers, finding pure joy and bliss when with one another.
- 11/14/2009
- by Travis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
German seamstress Inge is one hot granny. At age 67 she enjoys noisy sex with two men: Werner, her husband of 30 years, and Karl, a customer 10 years her senior.
Acting more like teenagers than senior citizens, Inge and Karl even go skinny-dipping together.
The story of this geriatric love triangle unfolds in the German soaper "Cloud 9," directed by Andreas Dresen, who won his country's equivalent of the best-director Oscar for this film.
Seldom has any movie shown so much geriatric sex and full-frontal nudity (male and female). But, thanks to Dresen, it is all done with taste and sensitivity.
Acting more like teenagers than senior citizens, Inge and Karl even go skinny-dipping together.
The story of this geriatric love triangle unfolds in the German soaper "Cloud 9," directed by Andreas Dresen, who won his country's equivalent of the best-director Oscar for this film.
Seldom has any movie shown so much geriatric sex and full-frontal nudity (male and female). But, thanks to Dresen, it is all done with taste and sensitivity.
- 8/14/2009
- by By V.A. MUSETTO
- NYPost.com
This week offers animation from Asia, science fiction from South Africa, horror from Europe and romance on the home continent.
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"Bandslam"
Despite the odd detour to pen such fare as the unpleasant 1993 remake of "The Vanishing," actor-turned-writer/director Todd Graff has returned time and again to themes of ambitious young performers struggling for recognition. With his follow-up to 2003's "Camp," he offers up a plush, pristinely PG tale of a gaggle of Texas high school misfits who congregate under the believe-in-yourself banner to put together a fledgling rock band. "High School Musical" star Vanessa Hudgens co-stars as Sa5m (the 5 is silent), the object of affection for wannabe rock star Will (Gaelan Connell). Aly Michalka, Charlie Saxton and Ryan Donowho fill out the "Breakfast Club"-esque supporting roles.
Opens wide.
"Cloud 9"
With what's...
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"Bandslam"
Despite the odd detour to pen such fare as the unpleasant 1993 remake of "The Vanishing," actor-turned-writer/director Todd Graff has returned time and again to themes of ambitious young performers struggling for recognition. With his follow-up to 2003's "Camp," he offers up a plush, pristinely PG tale of a gaggle of Texas high school misfits who congregate under the believe-in-yourself banner to put together a fledgling rock band. "High School Musical" star Vanessa Hudgens co-stars as Sa5m (the 5 is silent), the object of affection for wannabe rock star Will (Gaelan Connell). Aly Michalka, Charlie Saxton and Ryan Donowho fill out the "Breakfast Club"-esque supporting roles.
Opens wide.
"Cloud 9"
With what's...
- 8/10/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
Prepare to see stars in your local arthouse as the summer turns to fall. Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron, Drew Barrymore will all grace celluloid in the coming months. There are new films from star directors -- Tarantino! Campion! Soderbergh! Coen brothers! Even the new documentaries are driven by stars -- Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story," LeBron James' "More Than a Game" and Anna Wintour's "The September Issue." And then, as Matt Singer will tell you, there are breakout stars who you should start catching up with now. In between, there's epic animation ("Ponyo" and "9"), an astounding array of asskicking ("Ong Bak 2" and "Black Dynamite") and Lars von Trier's "Antichrist," proving there's there's just about something for everyone this fall at the multiplex. (And if not there, make sure to check out what films you can catch in the comfort of your own home on demand,...
- 8/6/2009
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Cannes Film Festival Directors Fortnight
The 30-year itch proves to be pretty much like the seven-year version in German director Andreas Dresen's "Cloud 9", a cautionary tale about infidelity that suggests the temptations and pleasures are the same but so may be the consequences.
Treating love among old folks just the way most films deal with the youthful variety, the film may attract older moviegoers curious to see their generation represented onscreen doing what comes naturally for once. It's doubtful that the general audience will be so inclined.
Dresen has his geriatric cast get naked and down to the hanky-panky right away as 60-ish seamstress Inge (Ursula Werner) finds herself all breathless and flustered when 76-year-old Karl Horst Westphal) tries on the pants she's just altered for him.
It's not that she has fallen out of love with Werner (Horst Rehberg) after 30 years of marriage. It's just that poor old Werner, who likes to listen to recordings of locomotives and go for train rides, is a bit set in his ways. Karl likes riding his bicycle in the countryside, not to mention a bit of monkey business with another man's wife.
It's all good fun for a bit but, as many have learned, the piper must be paid.
The 30-year itch proves to be pretty much like the seven-year version in German director Andreas Dresen's "Cloud 9", a cautionary tale about infidelity that suggests the temptations and pleasures are the same but so may be the consequences.
Treating love among old folks just the way most films deal with the youthful variety, the film may attract older moviegoers curious to see their generation represented onscreen doing what comes naturally for once. It's doubtful that the general audience will be so inclined.
Dresen has his geriatric cast get naked and down to the hanky-panky right away as 60-ish seamstress Inge (Ursula Werner) finds herself all breathless and flustered when 76-year-old Karl Horst Westphal) tries on the pants she's just altered for him.
It's not that she has fallen out of love with Werner (Horst Rehberg) after 30 years of marriage. It's just that poor old Werner, who likes to listen to recordings of locomotives and go for train rides, is a bit set in his ways. Karl likes riding his bicycle in the countryside, not to mention a bit of monkey business with another man's wife.
It's all good fun for a bit but, as many have learned, the piper must be paid.
- 5/18/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film Review, Wolke 9 (Cloud 9), Cannes, Un Certain Regard
The 30-year itch proves to be pretty much like the seven-year version in German director Andreas Dresen's "Cloud 9", a cautionary tale about infidelity that suggests the temptations and pleasures are the same but so may be the consequences.
Treating love among old folks just the way most films deal with the youthful variety, the film may attract older moviegoers curious to see their generation represented onscreen doing what comes naturally for once. It's doubtful that the general audience will be so inclined.
Dresen has his geriatric cast get naked and down to the hanky-panky right away as 60-ish seamstress Inge (Ursula Werner) finds herself all breathless and flustered when 76-year-old Karl Horst Westphal) tries on the pants she's just altered for him.
It's not that she has fallen out of love with Werner (Horst Rehberg) after 30 years of marriage. It's just that poor old Werner, who likes to listen to recordings of locomotives and go for train rides, is a bit set in his ways. Karl likes riding his bicycle in the countryside, not to mention a bit of monkey business with another man's wife.
It's all good fun for a bit but, as many have learned, the piper must be paid.
The 30-year itch proves to be pretty much like the seven-year version in German director Andreas Dresen's "Cloud 9", a cautionary tale about infidelity that suggests the temptations and pleasures are the same but so may be the consequences.
Treating love among old folks just the way most films deal with the youthful variety, the film may attract older moviegoers curious to see their generation represented onscreen doing what comes naturally for once. It's doubtful that the general audience will be so inclined.
Dresen has his geriatric cast get naked and down to the hanky-panky right away as 60-ish seamstress Inge (Ursula Werner) finds herself all breathless and flustered when 76-year-old Karl Horst Westphal) tries on the pants she's just altered for him.
It's not that she has fallen out of love with Werner (Horst Rehberg) after 30 years of marriage. It's just that poor old Werner, who likes to listen to recordings of locomotives and go for train rides, is a bit set in his ways. Karl likes riding his bicycle in the countryside, not to mention a bit of monkey business with another man's wife.
It's all good fun for a bit but, as many have learned, the piper must be paid.
- 5/18/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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