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Under-the-Radar Round Up 2013, Part 1
January 5, 2014
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Annette Focks, Atli Örvarsson, Colette, Die Andere Heimat: Chronik Einer Sehnsucht, Die Nordsee: Unser Meer, Fabian Römer, Film Score, Heute Bin Ich Blond, In Einem Wilden Land, Jessica de Rooij, Johan Hoogewijs, Karim Sebastian Elias, Michael Riessler, Night Train To Lisbon, Oliver Heuss, Ostwind: Zusammen Sind Wir Frei, Philipp F. Kölmel, Rahman Altin, Reviews, Rubinrot, The Butterfly's Dream, Under the Radar, Unsere Mütter Unsere Väter, Vergiss Mein Nicht
VERGISS MEIN NICHT/FORGET ME NOT – Jessica de Rooij
February 1, 2013
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Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
Vergiss Mein Nicht is a feature-length German-language documentary about Alzheimer’s disease. Specifically, the film looks at the life of Gretel Sieveking, the mother of director David Sieveking, whose diagnosis inspires David to look at both his parents’ marriage – they had been a part of the student movement in the 1960s and led an open relationship – and the German health care system as a whole, which cares for 2 million other Alzheimer’s patients each year. The score is by Jessica de Rooij, best known amongst film music fans for being the composer du jour of controversial director Uwe Böll, but who has been given the chance to turn her hand to something more substantial and meaningful here. Read more…
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