Not Reconciled

Not Reconciled

1965 · 55 min · DE · 6.0 (21 votes)
Dir. Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet · Starring Henning Harmssen, Georg Zander, Ulrich Hopmann, Ernst Kutzinski, Jochem Grüner, Günter Göbel
Drama

A story about the continuity and collapse of history, the power of suppression, and the terror of reconciliation; loyalty, treason and revenge. In a brave cinematic game, Heinrich Böll’s story Billiards at Half-Past Nine is split up into cracks, blocks, breaks and sudden turns, as the life story of a German family, covering numerous generations, is propelled forward.

VIBE

A fragmented, challenging drama that probes the weight of history and the psychological toll of unresolved pasts. It feels like piecing together a shattered mirror, reflecting a family's complex, often painful, legacy.

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