With truly fine performances, resulting in several riveting scenes, one can easily overlook the dingy cinematography and bothersome sound track to befriend this beguiling look at loneliness.
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Vivere (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 7 Rotten:8 Average Rating: 5.8/10
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Theatrical Release: Feb 29, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: From German director Angelina Maccarone, a romantic drama about three women on the run, saving each other, saving themselves. On Christmas Eve, Francesca's little sister, Antonietta, runs away to Rotterdam with her musician boyfriend. On the way to find her, Francesca picks up... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Hannelore Elsner, Esther Zimmering, Kim Schnitzer, Egbert Jan Weeber
Director: Angelina Maccarone
Screenwriter: Angelina Maccarone
Producer: Anita Elsani
Composer: Jakob Hansonis, Hartmut Ewert
Screenwriter: Angelina Maccarone
Producer: Anita Elsani
Composer: Jakob Hansonis, Hartmut Ewert
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Three women trying to cope with the complexities of love and loss, but it's all been said a thousand times before.
03/05/08
While Vivere is no merry Christmas tale and the story here is slight and its execution awkward, it delivers many pleasures.
03/03/08
This ethereal road flick has a legitimate feminist statement to make to those willing to allow women to resolve relationship issues on their own enigmatic terms.
03/01/08
The dialogue and performances are, and the film's resolution is both haunting and satisfying.
02/29/08
You can't quarrel with the lensing and acting, but the overabundance of coincidences keeps Vivere from reaching its full potential.
02/29/08
Top Critic
The wave-like Rashomon structure of the story, combined with the steady pace and moody look of "Vivere" are lulling, but in the end the situation is neither believable nor fantastic enough to be very compelling.
02/29/08
Top Critic
Three women converge on the road to self-awareness in Vivere, a moody drama from the German director Angelina Maccarone.
02/29/08
Top Critic
A textured and thoughtful effort that transcends sexuality, culture and even language.
02/29/08
Borrows elements from the Babel-icious playbook of Alejandro González Iñárritu. But the sharp focus...helps the film stand out from the interlocking narrative pack.
02/29/08
I like writer-director Angelina Maccarone's ambition, but her technical ingenuity exceeds her grasp of potentially complex emotions, which get stuck in a groove of mawkish self-pity.
02/28/08
A chick-flick with lesbian undertones featuring three meshed stories of little dramatic interest.
02/27/08
German helmer Angelina Maccarone's latest film, Vivere, piles heavy emotional baggage on a slender story frame.
11/03/07
Top Critic
Vivere is a study in contrasts that, though it has a somewhat laborious narrative structure, continues Maccarone's ascent as a strong new voice in European cinema.
10/29/07
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