The Reader
Kate Winslet won an Oscar and a BAFTA for her complex and gripping portrayal of a post-war German woman who discovers a sick teenage boy in the street and takes him in. They embark on a torrid and temperamental affair, so when the young Michael finds her mysteriously gone one day he is emotionally devastated. Years later their paths cross again, only now Michael is a law student and Hanna is on trial - for Nazi war crimes. Director Stephen Daldry ('The Hours') adapts Bernhard Schlink's best-seller with unsensational subtlety; Ralph Fiennes brings a poignant melancholy to the older Michael.
Year: 2008
Genre: Drama, Drama Romance, War and Anti-War Films, 2009, Based on..., Amy's Favourites, Film Festivals 2009
Country: USA, Germany
Director: Stephen Daldry
Starring: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Matthias Habich, Susanne Lothar, Lena Olin
Duration: 119 Minutes
Rating: R16 - Contains sex scenes.
7.6/10
Location in store: Drama
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