The problem I have with a lot of gay/lesbian films is that they are often low budget, dodgy comedies or unrealistic (with a few notable exceptions, of course) - when I say 'unrealistic', I mean that I find it hard to relate to any of the characters. However, even though (thankfully) I don't have any personal experience or true grasp of the persecution that these characters in this film risked facing, I found that I really understood why they do/did what they did and got very caught up in the whole story.
Aimee & Jaguar really captures the horrors and dangers of living in Berlin whilst under the Nazi rule, even though you never really see any concentration camps or even any really graphic violence... But you get a real sense ... Read More:
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Three women, from different generations are still trying to heal from the horrors of the Third Reich and WWII more than fifty years after Germany surrendered to the Allied forces on May 7, 1945. The film's primary focus, however, is on a little girl who lost two mothers in a three year period - 1943 to 1946. She never received explanations for the horrors she lived through, nor did she have the opportunity to understand or express her pain. "Rosenstrasse" is set in 21st century New York City and Berlin, with flashbacks to Nazi Germany and Berlin in 1943.
When Ruth Weinstein's, (Jutta Lampe), husband dies, she insists that the family observe a strictly Orthodox mourning period, even though they had never been observant Jews. Her son and daughter ... Read More:
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Three women, from different generations are still trying to heal from the horrors of the Third Reich and WWII more than fifty years after Germany surrendered to the Allied forces on May 7, 1945. The film's primary focus, however, is on a little girl who lost two mothers in a three year period - 1943 to 1946. She never received explanations for the horrors she lived through, nor did she have the opportunity to understand or express her pain. "Rosenstrasse" is set in 21st century New York City and Berlin, with flashbacks to Nazi Germany and Berlin in 1943.
When Ruth Weinstein's, (Jutta Lampe), husband dies, she insists that the family observe a strictly Orthodox mourning period, even though they had never been observant Jews. Her son and daughter ... Read More:
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Three women, from different generations are still trying to heal from the horrors of the Third Reich and WWII more than fifty years after Germany surrendered to the Allied forces on May 7, 1945. The film's primary focus, however, is on a little girl who lost two mothers in a three year period - 1943 to 1946. She never received explanations for the horrors she lived through, nor did she have the opportunity to understand or express her pain. "Rosenstrasse" is set in 21st century New York City and Berlin, with flashbacks to Nazi Germany and Berlin in 1943.
When Ruth Weinstein's, (Jutta Lampe), husband dies, she insists that the family observe a strictly Orthodox mourning period, even though they had never been observant Jews. Her son and daughter ... Read More:
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The problem I have with a lot of gay/lesbian films is that they are often low budget, dodgy comedies or unrealistic (with a few notable exceptions, of course) - when I say 'unrealistic', I mean that I find it hard to relate to any of the characters. However, even though (thankfully) I don't have any personal experience or true grasp of the persecution that these characters in this film risked facing, I found that I really understood why they do/did what they did and got very caught up in the whole story.
Aimee & Jaguar really captures the horrors and dangers of living in Berlin whilst under the Nazi rule, even though you never really see any concentration camps or even any really graphic violence... But you get a real sense of the tensions ... Read More:
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The problem I have with a lot of gay/lesbian films is that they are often low budget, dodgy comedies or unrealistic (with a few notable exceptions, of course) - when I say 'unrealistic', I mean that I find it hard to relate to any of the characters. However, even though (thankfully) I don't have any personal experience or true grasp of the persecution that these characters in this film risked facing, I found that I really understood why they do/did what they did and got very caught up in the whole story.
Aimee & Jaguar really captures the horrors and dangers of living in Berlin whilst under the Nazi rule, even though you never really see any concentration camps or even any really graphic violence... But you get a real sense of the tensions ... Read More:
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The problem I have with a lot of gay/lesbian films is that they are often low budget, dodgy comedies or unrealistic (with a few notable exceptions, of course) - when I say 'unrealistic', I mean that I find it hard to relate to any of the characters. However, even though (thankfully) I don't have any personal experience or true grasp of the persecution that these characters in this film risked facing, I found that I really understood why they do/did what they did and got very caught up in the whole story.
Aimee & Jaguar really captures the horrors and dangers of living in Berlin whilst under the Nazi rule, even though you never really see any concentration camps or even any really graphic violence... But you get a real sense of the tensions ... Read More:
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The problem I have with a lot of gay/lesbian films is that they are often low budget, dodgy comedies or unrealistic (with a few notable exceptions, of course) - when I say 'unrealistic', I mean that I find it hard to relate to any of the characters. However, even though (thankfully) I don't have any personal experience or true grasp of the persecution that these characters in this film risked facing, I found that I really understood why they do/did what they did and got very caught up in the whole story.
Aimee & Jaguar really captures the horrors and dangers of living in Berlin whilst under the Nazi rule, even though you never really see any concentration camps or even any really graphic violence... But you get a real sense of the tensions ... Read More:
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