Undine

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Harold Chorny fine movie. artistic exploration of line between realism and fantasy. a myth can have potent power. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/13/21 Full Review Alles Klar Beautiful shots of Berlin, romantic but human moments of love, who knew Architectural lectures could be so sultry. A bit long feeling, and there is a huge catfish named Gnther. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/06/21 Full Review constance m beautifully executed and performed Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/05/21 Full Review Hiroki S Beautiful sweet visual take on an ancient mythology Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/23/24 Full Review An In my opinion its a beautiful movie, well written scenario, great scenes across the film, and good acting. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Sold as an urban mythological romance and a paean to the city of Berlin, German writer-director, Christian Petzold's new film begins with Paula Beer's mysterious and lonely Undine, an architectural historian, mid-rendezvous with her lover who's dumping her for another woman. Almost immediately after, there's a rather Germanic meet-cute which brings Franz Rogowski's shy and reserved industrial diver, Christoph, into the picture and the two begin a romantic courtship over the rest of the film. Since it was never explained what an Undine is, (for the benefit of those who like me has to google it: according to European mythology, it's a water nymph that becomes human after finding love but have to return to water if her partner becomes unfaithful) I was left rather bewildered during the film which follows closely the above mythology. Without that background knowledge, the story feels rather odd and baffling. In fact, even on reflection with the understanding what she's meant to be, there are parts of the film that still don't make total sense. Also unclear, or at least something that sits rather uneasily with me, is the juxtaposition of this mythical creature with the re-generation of the city of Berlin between WWII and its reunification that the film spends quite a bit of time on. So despite fine performances by the central leads and passionate and competent handling of the material by Petzold, I remain curious but tepid about the whole thing and I fear that a more cynical viewer such as I will not be entirely receptive to the romantic notions, both for the lovers and the city, that the film is attempting to convey. Or in the words of a parting lover: it's not you, it's me. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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