An emotional and happily unpredictable story

Rating: Null/10 (1 March 2012)

*Spoiler/Plot- The Reader, 2009, Set in the turbulent post-Nazi Germany, Hanna Schmitz is a lonely working-class woman who experiences a brief intense summer affair with a teenage boy. Their romance is a combination of high literature and passion. Years later they cross paths again in Austria. Hanna is now a defendant in a notorious death camp war crimes case and now a law student (her ex-lover) is studying the case and holds the secret to her innocence in court. But things get complicated with ultimate redemption.
* Special Stars- Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Cross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz
*Theme- This film is a study in the difficult distance between truth and reconciliation.
*Trivia/location/goofs- The female lead wore many rubber body suits during the many sex nude scenes with the boy. Caution: many flashbacks sequences.
*Emotion- An emotional and happily unpredictable story plot with fine acting. The main female character is a complex and real person that allows us to confront their own biases and feelings dealing with many social morals. An uncomfortable film but worth it to experience towards reconciliation.