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West

2013, Movie, 1h 42min

East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.

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Reviews

Critic David Hughes

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Triebel is an outstanding presence in this slow-burning thriller...

Read full review at Empire

Critic Mark Kermode

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Friends and informants become indistinguishable in this intriguing Berlin-set counterpoint to 'The Lives of Others'.

Read full review at The Guardian

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In the late 1970s, Nelly Senff and her young son Alexej escape from East Germany to start a new life in the West. But as they settle into their new home, Nelly's past begins to haunt her. She's forced to confront her traumatic memories and the mysterious circumstances surrounding her boyfriend's death. As she struggles to uncover the truth, she must also decide whether to embrace her new life or risk everything to uncover the secrets of her past. A gripping drama about the power of secrets and the strength of the human spirit.

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