The Reader

Unusually romantic. Compelling and brilliant.

It was a turbulent time in Germany, in the years soon after the end of the second World War, when a teenaged boy met a much older woman. Their affair was mutually loving and gratifying, born, bred and secreted in literature. Years later the boy is now a man recollecting his first love, how it was lost, and all the regret and tragedy which followed.

Brilliantly written and directed, this film is alive with remarkably outstanding performances!

A / PG2

Starring: Kate Winslet; Ralph Fiennes; and, David Kross
Featuring: Bruno Ganz; Hannah Herzeprung; Vijnessa Ferkic; and, Matthias Habich
With: Susanne Lothar; Karoline Herfurth; Alexandra Maria Lara; Volker Bruch
Writer: David Hare [from the book by Bernhard Schlink]
Director: Stephen Daidry

Reel Review by Josef