Lore (15) Thursday 13th June 2013 – 8:00 pm – 10:15 pm, Palmer Building A mesmerizing Saskia Rosendahl plays Lore, at 14 the eldest of the five children of a high-ranking Nazi officer who is arrested with his wife in 1945. The children, steeped in Hitler Youth ideologies, make a terrifying journey across their devastated country to be with their grandmother. In danger from American and Russian troops, the children are joined and aided by a young Jewish refugee from Auschwitz. Paradoxically, to a backdrop of the Black Forest, beautiful and ethereal, nightmarish and fairytale, the film gives a uniquely inverted view of the fallout from WW2. Lore, coming of age faces the terrible consequences of all she has believed in. Germany/Australia/UK 2012 · in German with English subtitles · directed by Cate Shortland · with Saskia Rosendahl, Kai-Peter Malina, Nele Trebs, André Frid · 109 minutes …the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945. Cate Shortland’s brave and expertly handled second feature traverses difficult territory with grace and eloquence - CINE-VUE.COM Shortland has created a moving, intriguing and complex film, which provides the most intelligent and honest approaches to both Nazism and the holocaust seen on the screen in recent years – CINE-VUE.COM Lush cinematography and an evocative, haunting mood infuse this unconventional take on the Holocaust legacy with unforgettable impact – ROTTEN TOMATOES readingfilmtheatre.co.uk/events/lore-15/
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