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      Julia's Disappearance

      2009 1h 27m Drama List
      Reviews 60% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings On her 50th birthday, Julia experiences the uncomfortable fact that age makes one invisible. Frustrated, she goes shopping and makes an acquaintance. Read More Read Less

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      David Lamble Bay Area Reporter Schaub's ensemble, featuring a witty coupling between Bruno Ganz and Corinna Harfouch, covers the waterfront, with mostly witty, age-hating one-liners that encompass the fears and phobias of Julia's friends... Jun 8, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member I saw this movie on a Lufthansa flight to the U.S. Since the volume control wasn't working, I thought I should see a foreign movie with subtitles. While the language is German, the movie is actually Swiss and set in Bern. As the IMDB synopsis indicates, the movie is about aging and people's differing attitudes toward aging. The plot follows four different story lines -- Giulia, who allows herself to be picked up by an older man visiting from Hamburg; her friends who have gathered in a restaurant to celebrate her 50th birthday; two teen-agers who are looking for a birthday gift for a friend; and an old woman, who told Giulia on the bus that the old are invisible and who visits her mother in an assisted living facility. Although there is little overt action, the movie is engrossing as the various characters talk and reveal their hopes and dreams and fears. The acting is well done, especially Corinna Harfouch as Giulia, and makes one reflect on the various ways that people deal with aging and the fact of their mortality. I've seen very few German-language films, but the ones that I've seen (Good-bye Lenin, The Lives of Others) have invariably been first rate. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Nice story of age. teen, middle age, son, family all in this film, a picture of this time! little long but ok! Great performance of Corinna Harfouch! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis On her 50th birthday, Julia experiences the uncomfortable fact that age makes one invisible. Frustrated, she goes shopping and makes an acquaintance.
      Director
      Christoph Schaub
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      German
      Runtime
      1h 27m