Amnesia (2015)

Directed by

Barbet Schroeder

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1990 on the island of Ibiza, a young German man forms a platonic relationship with an older German woman. The film examines how three generations of Germans confront the legacy of Nazi crimes through their interactions.

contemplativemelancholicrestrainedintimateslow-pacedthoughtfulatmospheric

What happens

Amnesia is a 2015 Swiss-French drama film directed by Barbet Schroeder. It was selected to screen in the Special Screenings section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Set in 1990 on the idyllic island of Ibiza, through a platonic love affair between a young man and a much older woman the film explores the reactions of three generations of Germans to the horrific crimes of Nazi Germany. Schroeder wrote that two of his aims for the film were "to make refusing the use of a language the main dramatic driver" and "to recount a love story advancing without sex, thanks to a series of unspoken agreements". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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