Home From Home - Chronicle of a Vision

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Home From Home - Chronicle of a Vision

2013

3h 45m

Drama

History

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Two families from Hunsrück try to escape poverty and famine by forging a new life in Brazil.

Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

Nearly four hours long, "Home From Home" is imbued with the villagers' attachment to the land, but while dutifully capturing the period, the film feels less layered than Mr. Reitz's past work.

Sep 10, 2015

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Clayton Dillard

Slant Magazine

For all of its evident toil in recreating historically accurate environments and researching the precise conditions in varying regions, it has little force as a work of cinema.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 8, 2015

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Boyd van Hoeij

The Hollywood Reporter

This beautifully shot black-and-white feature is accessible even for those unfamiliar with Reitz's previous work.

May 28, 2015

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Steve Erickson

Gay City News

"Home From Home" isn't the kind of definitive post-mortem on a decade that "The Second Heimat" was, but it will speak to anyone who's ever felt trapped by their surroundings and dreamed of escape.

Feb 15, 2018

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Brigit Grant

Daily Express (UK)

On paper it is a yawn, especially when you clock the four-hour running time, but you will be sucked in to the lives of the characters and the mesmerising detail of their existence.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 22, 2017

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

The first masterpiece of 2015. Spellbinding, lyrical and breathtaking. Epic in scope while intimate in its humanism. I could have watched 4 more hours.

Rated: 10/10

Sep 12, 2015

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Liam D

It’s an incredible well acted and made film but it’s gigantic runtime is too much for me

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/14/24

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Audience Member

Epic film with alternating dark and bright moments. Views can tell the traces of Mr. Reitz's efforts to construct a historically consistent film. Four hours went over smoothly, though poetic narration needs more concentration.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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4-hour is very long for some movies but indeed not this one. Every minute of it helps to build this whole German village in its mid 19th century on the screen. Jacob, the son of a blacksmith, loved reading and dreamed the distant place, and because of this he met the girl he fell in love with. Life is always miserable. His brother eventually married the girl and went to Brazil, who never would think so. Our dreamer stayed but the dream never would fade away, The black-and-white graphic is so beautiful. Some shoot is as epic as the movie itself.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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There are movies which has to take their four hours. When that time has passed, you've got a glimpse of life. Without being bored. "Die Andere Heimat" is such an example. Prussian village in the 1840s. You can feel the moods slowly being built up. which will lead to the revolts against monarchy and aristocracy in 1848. But it's more about life conditions. In a material way so different from ours. In other ways not. It takes four hours to know people on a screen. It takes four hours to get them under your skin. It takes a director like Edgar Reitz to let you. And you will remember it for long.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

'Die Andere Heimat' verdient het om in één ruk uit te zien. Dit is een topwerk van een filmreus.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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A film like a black and white dream - back to the slowness in a neverending picturerush======== Must See in a big Cinema

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Synopsis

Two families from Hunsrück try to escape poverty and famine by forging a new life in Brazil.

Director: Edgar Reitz
Producer: Margaret Ménégoz, Christian Reitz
Screenwriter: Gert Heidenreich, Edgar Reitz
Production Co: Westdeutscher Rundfunk, ARD Degeto Film, Les Films du Losange, Bayerischer Rundfunk, ARTE G.E.I.E
Genre: Drama, History
Original Language: German
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 20, 2016
Runtime: 3h 45m

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