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Cloud 9

Play trailer Poster for Cloud 9 Released Aug 14, 2009 1h 38m Drama Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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A 67 year old woman falls in love with a 76 year old man and rediscovers her sexuality.
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A raw, intimate and emotional insight into romance for the superannuated featuring taboo-breaking insight into the sex-lives of the over 60s.

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G. Allen Johnson San Francisco Chronicle Dresen films much of the movie in close-up and medium shots, making sure we see every wrinkle and age spot, every expression, every emotion. Rated: 3/4 Sep 23, 2020 Full Review Ella Taylor NPR Cloud 9 is most moving when it steps quietly into the gap between physical decline and the persistence, at full blast, of unfulfilled longing and desire. Sep 23, 2020 Full Review Donald Clarke Irish Times There is tragedy and awkwardness here, but Cloud 9 never feels like a chore. Sep 23, 2020 Full Review David Sterritt Christian Science Monitor "Cloud 9" offers the welcome spectacle of two oldsters discovering romantic bliss, even though that bliss ultimately comes at the expense of others. Rated: 3/5 Sep 23, 2020 Full Review Dan Lybarger eFilmCritic.com This German entry benefits from a matter-of-fact approach. Rated: 3.5/5 May 2, 2010 Full Review Loey Lockerby Kansas City Star This moral ambivalence is both the movie's strength and its greatest weakness. In virtually every way, Inge's behavior is unconscionable. Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 2, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alain E Of course the true title is Cloud minus 9. The main lesson is that you can screw up at any age. In this story a woman in her late 60s in a 30 year relationship with a decent man who helped her raise her children, decides to fall in love with another slightly older man. Then everything goes to hell. Nothing specific to the age of the protagonists. Similar decisions are being made every day by people in every age group. There is always something different out there. Some people limit their choices to vehicles or clothes and others include in the rotation sexual partners. Within the limits of the plot acting and cinematography are very good. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/30/25 Full Review Audience Member L'amour. Sentiment puissant. Alors que je croyais que ce film allait nulle part, il est venu d'un coup me saisir et me bouleverser. Il laisse des questions en nous, du genre : Devons-nous nous laisser aller à nos sentiments, nos pulsions ou continuer notre route tranquille pour éviter les dommages collatéraux ? Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member You can tell its unscripted and unplanned and its mises a soundtrack but otherwise its ok. Its nice to see older romances but there was little other point to ths film file under ok Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Very powerful, and self-consciously so, regardless of any possible questions about sudden character development. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member What a great, original film. It's probably one of the most depressing films I've seen in awhile, I mean it dashes any remaining hopes of an already bleak outlook on marriage in society. It brings the look on relationships after the long term. And the scary part about it is, I could see the perspective on both sides and it makes you wonder about everything that can go wrong in the long run. This is one honest film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member because love and desire has no age.... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Andreas Dresen

Director

Ursula Werner

Inge

Horst Rehberg

Werner

Horst Westphal

Karl

Steffi Kühnert

Petra

Andreas Dresen

Writer

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Ursula Werner as Inge and Horst Westphal as Karl in "Cloud 9." Horst Rehberg as Werner and Ursula Werner as Inge in "Cloud 9." Ursula Werner as Inge and Horst Westphal as Karl in "Cloud 9." Cloud 9 (2008) Cloud 9 (2008) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis A 67 year old woman falls in love with a 76 year old man and rediscovers her sexuality.
Director
Andreas Dresen
Producer
Peter Rommel
Screenwriter
Andreas Dresen, Jörg Hauschild, Laila Stieler, Conny Ziesche
Distributor
Music Box Films
Production Co
Peter Rommel Productions
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 14, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 18, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$91.3K
Runtime
1h 38m
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