German thriller drama which follows the journey of an art student who escapes to West Germany during the GDR regime.
Blandly handsome, and undeserving of its three hour runtime.
This fictionalised story of the artist by the director of The Lives of Others lacks a strong central performance to match its ambition.
If Never Look Away is no The Lives Of Others, it is also a cut above The Tourist. A strongly crafted, ambitious, occasionally absorbing dissection of a fascinating period in German culture, it is perhaps too middle-brow and broad for its own good.
A German boy who witnesses Nazi horrors grows up to become a painter in this overcooked but affecting melodrama.
Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday July 5, 2019, until Thursday July 18, 2019. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Friday July 5, 2019, until Thursday July 11, 2019. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/
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