This year's Oscar entry from Germany is an
edgy political thriller set in East Germany of 80s.
Nina Hoss plays the titular role. She is a
doctor from Berlin banished to work in a small hospital in the provinces as
punishment for her attempts to emigrate to the West.. Despite being choked by
the omnipresent & omniscient secret police - Stasi - & surrounded by
people she cannot trust, Nina Hoss brilliantly personifies a defiance that is
as resilient as it is understated.
The movie is almost completely devoid of
any background score. But, the silences, natural sounds, even the door bell
ringing & clock ticking have been used to such great effect to underline
the oppressive existence.
A tour de force in film-making !
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