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Family Romance, LLC

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A man is hired to impersonate the missing father of a 12-year-old girl.
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A fascinating exploration of human connection, Family Romance, LLC sees Werner Herzog following an unconventional path to existentialism.

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Clarisse Loughrey Independent (UK) 12/09/2020
3/5
Family Romance, LLC feels too casual to satisfactorily delve into the topic of identity in the modern world, but it does offer up a few intriguing vignettes. Go to Full Review
Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) 11/22/2020
4/5
It is Herzog's best film since 2010's Cave of Forgotten Dreams - seemingly slight at first, but with a premise that snags in your brain, and moments of pure oddball transcendence. Go to Full Review
Peter Rainer FilmWeek (LAist) 07/22/2020
Uneven by Herzog's standards, but it's so intriguing as a premise that it carries you through the film. Go to Full Review
Erick Estrada Cinegarage 02/01/2023
In this bitter comedy of misunderstandings and fictitious yet naturalistic situations, Herzog walks between dehumanization and the asceptic nature we've embraced [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Yasser Medina Cinefilia 05/15/2022
7/10
It subtly mixes drama with documentary to offer an illuminating look at the disillusionment of a postmodern society trapped in the culture of the simulacrum that falsifies human bonds. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 02/18/2022
3/4
By merely watching and allowing his camera to linger much longer than another director would, Herzog invites questions about the social roles we play and the nature of reality itself. Go to Full Review
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Esra Y Mar 29 Quite an unexpexted way of dealing loneliness explored through different stories and conditions. Herzog's lenses always full of empathy. See more 11/26/2021 With almost ahome-made movie, legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog returns with this, an exploration of human connections, deffending its place as one of the best films of the year and, also, as the best fiction movie Herzog has done in a too long time. See more 12/12/2020 An astonishing film on so many levels. That Werner Hertzog does not speak Japanese is just one, yet he has managed to pull off something practically impossible and make it look easy, unlabored, and beautiful. It is an innovative and creative masterpiece. Japan is forced to stand on the leading edge of technology in order to solve challenges of high population and lack of natural resources, and the rest of the world must soon follow. I recommend it highly to anyone who knows and appreciates Japan, and to anyone else looking to understand the relationship between technology, human identity, and connection. See more a.l.jude p @judebd 08/13/2020 As customary way the director had dared to explore the unseen. This time his microscope has gone through one of the Japanese subculture somewhat bizarre in rest of the world but not to Japanese themselves. Great movie as the rest of Werner Herzogs' See more 08/06/2020 A matrushka of pretientioness in the form of a first year film student looking movie. So many things to say about this, but why bother? See more 07/27/2020 Great hybrid drama, great anthropology idea. Tells us more about 2020 than anything else, I have seen. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A man is hired to impersonate the missing father of a 12-year-old girl.
Director
Werner Herzog
Producer
Roc Morin
Screenwriter
Werner Herzog
Production Co
Skellig Rock
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 3, 2020
Runtime
1h 29m
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