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Aimee & Jaguar (2000)
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Reviews Counted:45
Fresh:40
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: A gripping examination of sexual taboos, set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany, bolstered by a subtly shaded script and a strong cast.
Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: In 1943, as World War II's Battle of Berlin rages, with air raids forcing families into their cellars for shelter and bombs exploding all over the city, Felice Schragenheim (Juliane Köhler) and... In 1943, as World War II's Battle of Berlin rages, with air raids forcing families into their cellars for shelter and bombs exploding all over the city, Felice Schragenheim (Juliane Köhler) and Lilly Wust (Maria Schrader), fall in love. Director Max Färberböck's AIMEE & JAGUAR tells the true story of this passionate, forbidden love affair, adapted from the 1998 book of the same title by Erica Fischer. Felice, a dark and beautiful Jewish woman who is constantly in danger of being apprehended by the Gestapo, works for a Nazi newspaper under a false name, feeding what she learns to underground resistance leaders. Lilly, a flowery blond housewife living in bourgeoise comfort, raises 4 little boys, passing the time until her Nazi husband, Gunther, returns from the war. When the two meet, and Felice makes advances, Lilly responds, falling into total submission under Felice's spell. They nickname each other Aimee (Lilly) and Jaguar (Felice), spending every night dancing to popular 40s jazz music with Felice's eccentric lesbian friends, and every day raising the four boys who treat Felice like a second mother. It is not until the end of their affair, when Lilly--and soon thereafter, the authorities--learns that Felice is a Jew, and tragedy befalls the couple. [More]
Starring: Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Heike Makatsch, Johanna Wokalek
Starring: Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Heike Makatsch, Johanna Wokalek, Michael Degen, Detlev Buck, Inge Keller, Kyra Mladeck, Margit Bendokat, Jochen Stern, Peter Weck, Hans-Christoph Blumenberg
Director: Max Färberböck
Director: Max Färberböck
Screenwriter: Max Färberböck, Rona Munro
Producer: Hanno Huth, Gunter Rohrbach
Composer: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Reviews for Aimee & Jaguar
Rewarding viewing, evocatively re-creating a narrative milieu and war-time Berlin rarely seen on screen.
With a solid support cast, this is always an engaging and moving drama.
A história (real) é interessante, mas o roteiro e a direção são enfadonhos. Grandes atuações em um filme que não causa impacto, apenas sono.
Theatre director Max Färberböck could hardly have picked a more intense and heartbreaking story for his cinema debut.
...a rich melange of tumultous and sensual events. The story, acting, direction, set design and costuming fluidly combine to give a passionate portrait of living and loving on the edge of despair in a place and time where there was no tomorrow.
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