The Most Beautiful Couple

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The Most Beautiful Couple

2018

1h 37m

Crime

Drama

Romance

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Two young teachers, Malte and Liv, are spending their summer holiday on the Mediterranean coast, when they are attacked by three young men. The incident escalates and Liv is sexually assaulted.

Brad Wheeler

Globe and Mail

A German thriller about rape and revenge keeps its cool, even if the characters occasionally don't.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 6, 2018

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

While there's some light at the end of its narrative tunnel, this unpleasant drama is often acutely discomfiting, just as it should be.

Oct 26, 2020

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Jorge Ignacio Castillo

Planet S Magazine

The denouement feels chaotic and bit far-fetched for such an expertly calibrated drama, but the pluses outweigh the minuses.

Rated: 3.5/5

Feb 6, 2020

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

It's an exquisite piece of filmmaking which must be particularly recommended to people who, for personal reasons, find most such dramas difficult to watch.

Rated: 4.5/5

Feb 25, 2019

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James Lattimer

Cinema Scope

Without the joys of coincidence and bad decision-making, The Most Beautiful Couple would barely have a plot, even if the film fails to commit to them sufficiently to go all-out trashy.

Sep 12, 2018

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Sarah Ward

Screen International

A few glaringly straightforward touches aside, the combination proves convincingly fleshed out, perceptive and - for the most part - gripping...

Sep 10, 2018

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I was absolutely blown away by the film. I did not know what to expect going into the film, and I was impressed by the emotion and thought that was portrayed thoughout the movie. The emptiness and grief caused by rape is generally portrayed as something carried by women, and to have a male figure afflicted by this is not common. Each scene was well played out, and I hope that this film is able to be viewed by a much larger audience

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Sven Taddicken

Director

Maximilian Brückner

Malte

Luise Heyer

Liv

Jasna Fritzi Bauer

Jenny

Aurel Manthei

Ben

Florian Batholomäi

Henning

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Synopsis

Two young teachers, Malte and Liv, are spending their summer holiday on the Mediterranean coast, when they are attacked by three young men. The incident escalates and Liv is sexually assaulted.

Director: Sven Taddicken
Producer: Sol Bondy, Jamila Wenske
Production Co: Arsam International
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Original Language: German
Runtime: 1h 37m