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4/10
A non succesful experiment
lynnsalcambrodted17 June 2022
German cinema is strange, I keep hearing from friends, at least from those who are not from Germany. And for those who are more used to American Hollywood cinema, or also to fine arts films from France, Italy, etc., in other words, for those who expect either mainstream or poetry when going to the cinema, German movies in their bareness, in their whole style, will indeed seem a bit strange. Krud is perhaps also a word that someone would use to describe many German movies.

Many people with whom I have seen German-language films have afterward, in their helplessness, begun to praise or damn the experimental nature of the film (it is amazing how people deal with irritation while looking at/consuming art - in the eyes of many, it lacks entertainment and therefore has a negative connotation. Yet this is precisely one of the great benefits of art: that it evokes feelings of unease without being a threat to us. It creates spaces and scenarios in which we come into contact with things that we do not yet understand, and perhaps never will. But the experience remains and will help us to dig deeper if we want to). Most of the time I was surprised by this approach because often I didn't find the structure of the narrative experimental at all, but on the contrary very functional, just in a different way than in the usual Hollywood cinema. But probably it is more helpful if I now move away from these general considerations and have a look at the film; for here it becomes apparent that irritation is by all means not always a stimulating experience.

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8/10
At times provoking at times humorous profile of a city girls life
roeschter-220-32181630 July 2016
Warning: Spoilers
*SPOILER* The movie opens with Hedi, played by director Uisenma Borchu, a young woman living in Munich daydreaming of taking her neighbors cute 6 year old daughter on a trip to visit her own grandmother in Mongolia. What starts as a jolly day dream develops into a chamber play psychological drama between Hedi, her neighbor Iva and Iva's estranged father, culminating in a dramatic final scene that leaves viewers baffled and wondering if Hedi is an emotionally manipulative monster or a harmless day dreamer.

Despite the director demonstrating her skill for dark drama at the end, the movie is mostly lighthearted and humorous. Hedi is a sexual libertarian (WARNING: The movie is quite sexually explicit in both picture and language) sleeping with male acquaintances picked up in a bar, her single mother neighbor Iva and finally Iva's 65+ year old nihilistic father (played by Joseph Bierbichler, the only professional actor in the movie). International audiences will delight in the unadulterated view of Munich city life, contrasted with Hedi's day dreams of her grandmother, introducing a peek into traditional Mongolian culture. Hedi assuming a mother role for Eva's 6 year old daughter Sophia brings a lighthearted touch to the movie as Sophia, blonde, cute and innocent, visually contrasts with Hedi, dark haired, slim and beautiful.

Overall an excellent first work of new director Uisenma Borchu, quite successfully playing with romantic drama elements, exotic cultural contradictions, some beautifully done sex scenes contrasting Hedi's (Uisenma Borchu) Mongolian beauty against blonde German Iva (Catrina Stemmer). We hear Iva's father (Joseph Bierbichler) cite Berthold Brecht poems, explaining to young Hedi what sex means for old men and shedding tears when he sees his young grandchild.

8 stars for quality on low budget.
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