GROSSE FREIHEIT (GREAT FREEDOM)
Watchable. Gay history through incarceration: from Nazi times to 1969 when Germany repealed the law which criminalised homosexuality. The protagonist gets severely punished for trying to remove the stigma. The film is shot in subdued colours, located mostly in jail, it feels as dull as it looks. Astonishingly, the prison sex is quite exciting. I'm gaining even more appreciation of Franz Rogowski's talent - he appears to be able to enact any character. An astonishing ending, which, nevertheless, is consistent with the story. The biggest food for thought is that it took the landing on the Moon to bring the change. The man was first free to reach the stars and only later to choose a sexual partner.
Reviewed from the distributor's screener, cinematic reception might differ.
WHERE IS ANNE FRANK
Watchable. This animation by Ari Folman ("Waltz with Bashir") is for children. Yet, regardless of target audience, it's a mess. For the most part I couldn't make out the plot. You do learn of Anne Frank and the Dutch reverence for her person but those pieces of info are few and far between. Two parallel stories: one wartime, one contemporary overlap, yet the modern one glorifies pickpocketing and is a jumble. It's only the heart-wrenching, spot-on, even if straight in your face, finale that makes sense.
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