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  • 2017
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2017
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Ibiza, the early nineties, Jo is a 25-year-old music composer. He has come over from Berlin and wants to be part of the nascent electronic music revolution, ideally by getting a job first as a DJ in the new nightclub on the island, Amnesia. Martha has been living alone in her house facing the sea for forty years. One night Jo knocks on h...

Directed By: Barbet Schroeder

Written By: Emilie Bickerton, Peter F. Steinbach, Susan Hoffman, Barbet Schroeder

  • 2017
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2017
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 36 m

Amnesia

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Summary Ibiza, the early nineties, Jo is a 25-year-old music composer. He has come over from Berlin and wants to be part of the nascent electronic music revolution, ideally by getting a job first as a DJ in the new nightclub on the island, Amnesia. Martha has been living alone in her house facing the sea for forty years. One night Jo knocks on h...

Directed By: Barbet Schroeder

Written By: Emilie Bickerton, Peter F. Steinbach, Susan Hoffman, Barbet Schroeder

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Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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88
Jul 21, 2017
It is reported that this movie’s scenario was inspired by the life of Schroeder’s own mother, and the film has a personal tone that is not always detectable in his other movies. It enhances a film that’s one of the most thoughtful in his body of work.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 20, 2017
While its insights into the consequences of selective memory loss continue to resonate the world over, at its heart, Amnesia is a beautifully acted depiction of confronting regret.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 13, 2017
Amnesia ultimately delivers rich insights about its main characters’ relationship to their backgrounds.
By Wes Greene FULL REVIEW
58
Jul 19, 2017
Schroeder was reportedly inspired to make Amnesia as a tribute to his mother, who left Germany not long after the Nazis came to power and never wanted to return; he even shot the film in the house where she lived for many years (which was also a major location in his 1969 debut, More). But neither he nor his co-writers managed to prevent their ostensible subtext from swamping the text.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 28, 2017
Fresh insights are rare and dramatic moments rarer in Barbet Schroeder’s meditation on Germans forgiving themselves for the Holocaust, Amnesia.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 20, 2017
Under Schroeder’s direction, Keller and Riemelt deliver wistful, earnest performances that almost make up for the script’s shortcomings.
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50
Jul 20, 2017
Amnesia, Mr. Schroeder has said, is a story partly based on his mother, who refused to speak German, so perhaps it’s no surprise that it’s strongest when it focuses on Martha, a character Ms. Keller inhabits gracefully.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Vega Film, Les Films du Losange, Arte France Cinéma, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), SRG - SSR, Teleclub AG, Office Fédéral de la Culture, Cinéforom, Loterie Suisse Romande, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Suissimage, Succes Cinema, Canal+, Ciné+, ARTE
Release Date Jul 21, 2017
Duration 1 h 36 m
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Website https://filmsdulosange.com/en/film/amnesia-2/
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Awards

Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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