Evolution

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Evolution

2021

1h 37m

Drama

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In EVOLUTION, acclaimed filmmaking team Kornél Mundruczó and Kata Wéber (PIECES OF A WOMAN) return with a powerful drama tracing three generations of a family, from a surreal memory of World War II to modern day Berlin, unable to process their past in a society still coping with the wounds of its history. Like the water that connects the episodes in this triptych, memory and identity are fluid, and how we relate to it can drown or buoy. The pain and stigma that trickles from Eva, to Lena and then Jonas is inexpressible, yet rendered with striking imagery by Mundruczó and a wrenchingly poignant yet acerbically ironic and personal script by Weber. While generational traumas find new expression in the present, the family in EVOLUTION looks towards a more hopeful future.

Steve Pond

TheWrap

07/14/2021

It's an odd, small and moving work that asks disquieting questions about identity after decades of trauma.

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Peter Debruge

Variety

07/13/2021

Anti-Semitic attitudes may not have disappeared from Germany, but Mundruczó and Wéber want audiences to consider how much this family has adapted across three generations.

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Jonathan Romney

Screen International

07/13/2021

Emotionally intense and visually arresting, Evolution is rewarding viewing for those willing to enter its austere territory, but the technical virtuosity leaves it on the edge being perceived as of something of an academic exercise.

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Felipe Rodríguez Torres

Caimán Cuadernos de Cine

11/18/2021

Staging decisions... reverberate through time and footage. [Full review in Spanish]

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Stephen Saito

Moveable Fest

07/18/2021

A potent reminder that this history should never be forgotten, but revealing of how those connected to it are never allowed to forget.

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Ignacio Navarro

El antepenúltimo mohicano

07/16/2021

3/5

The planning is consistent with the temporal urgency and the outcome is impressive. [Full review in Spanish]

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Alejandro C

11/13/2024

It is like a documentary play, if you can fathom the idea... Amazing performances and superb shooting of long sequences. A mesmerizing approach that cannot leave anyone indifferent either for better or worse. Definitely for the better in my case

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In EVOLUTION, acclaimed filmmaking team Kornél Mundruczó and Kata Wéber (PIECES OF A WOMAN) return with a powerful drama tracing three generations of a family, from a surreal memory of World War II to modern day Berlin, unable to process their past in a society still coping with the wounds of its history. Like the water that connects the episodes in this triptych, memory and identity are fluid, and how we relate to it can drown or buoy. The pain and stigma that trickles from Eva, to Lena and then Jonas is inexpressible, yet rendered with striking imagery by Mundruczó and a wrenchingly poignant yet acerbically ironic and personal script by Weber. While generational traumas find new expression in the present, the family in EVOLUTION looks towards a more hopeful future.

Director: Kornél Mundruczó
Producer: Viola Fügen, Michael Weber, Viktória Petrányi
Screenwriter: Kata Wéber
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Hungarian
Runtime: 1h 37m