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New film from Christian Petzold. Centres around two friends Leon and Felix who stay at a retreat on the Baltic coast. Writer Leon tries to finish his latest book as his publisher is due to visit. There are forest fires near but should avoid them. Meanwhile, Nadja a carefree lady is also staying with them.
Resembling a dream at times, it is essentially about the flaws of the struggling artist, but the line between fiction and reality blurs somewhat due to a nice little plot mover, and there are many metaphors to be found in the script and the beautiful landscape. Slightly meanders in the middle section, and the literature references are way over my head- but the last 30 minutes are terrific. Comparisons to the films of Eric Rohmer are spot on.
7.2/10
'Afire' (2023)
New film from Christian Petzold. Centres around two friends Leon and Felix who stay at a retreat on the Baltic coast. Writer Leon tries to finish his latest book as his publisher is due to visit. There are forest fires near but should avoid them. Meanwhile, Nadja a carefree lady is also staying with them.
Resembling a dream at times, it is essentially about the flaws of the struggling artist, but the line between fiction and reality blurs somewhat due to a nice little plot mover, and there are many metaphors to be found in the script and the beautiful landscape. Slightly meanders in the middle section, and the literature references are way over my head- but the last 30 minutes are terrific. Comparisons to the films of Eric Rohmer are spot on.
7.2/10