West

R

Released Nov 7, 2014

1h 42m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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86%

Tomatometer

14 Reviews

54%

Audience Score

Fewer than 50 Ratings

After fleeing to the other side of the Berlin Wall, an East German woman (Jördis Triebel) grows increasingly paranoid as she investigates the mysterious past of her late lover.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Intriguing on personal and political levels.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 14, 2015

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David Jenkins

Little White Lies

Well made and well performed, if lacking the killer edge of a Christian Petzold movie.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 12, 2015

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

Christian Schwochow's late 1970s-set drama about young East German woman Nelly (Jrdis Triebel) trying to build a new life in the west has some of the same mix of pathos and paranoia that characterised The Lives of Others.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 11, 2015

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Patrick Gamble

CineVue

Pregnant with deception and exuding a malignancy both frightening and perversely fascinating, cinematographer Frank Lamm's voyeuristic lensing beautifully conveys Nelly's heightened sense of paranoia.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 5, 2019

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Tom Birchenough

The Arts Desk

Triebel's character is fully drawn, more so perhaps than what the script actually offered her: she gives a big performance in what is in the end a small film.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 21, 2017

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Alex Zane

The Sun (UK)

Strong performances and a foreboding atmosphere ramp up the paranoia.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 1, 2016

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Audience Member

A film that begins with tension as one woman attempts to leave East Germany for the West with her young son and then moves into extreme paranoia territory as she struggles to trust anyone who comes into her new life. The lead actress is superb as a mother struggling to protect her son while at the same time losing her grip on reality due to what she has been subjected to.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

A fine representation of secrets and paranoia and its affect on the little people of the cold war era.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

It started out as an interesting look back into eastern german humiliation of people, then into eastern "refugees" in the west german "camp" and then it went into paranoia, irrational (in the context) sex ,shifting alliances and then it just ended. Nothing was solved, really. I actually was wondering will this never end. not bad but.....

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Christian Schwochow

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Nelly Senff

Alexander Scheer

Hans Pischke

Tristan Göbel

Alexej Senff

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Synopsis

After fleeing to the other side of the Berlin Wall, an East German woman (Jördis Triebel) grows increasingly paranoid as she investigates the mysterious past of her late lover.

Director: Christian Schwochow
Screenwriter: Heide Schwochow
Distributor: Main Street Films
Rating: R (A Sex Scene|Violence|Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 7, 2014, Limited
Runtime: 1h 42m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital