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Home From Home - Chronicle of a Vision

Die Andere Heimat - Chronik einer Sehnsucht

2013

Edgar Reitz

Jan Dieter Schneider, Antonia Bill, Maximilian Scheidt, Marita Breuer ...

7.6

607

Drama Follow-up to the TV trilogy "Heimat", this time for cinemas, set again in the fictional village Schabbach in the Hunsrück region of Rhineland-Palatinate. Set in the mid-19th century, this latest instalment in the decades-spanning Heimat series from venerable German filmmaker Edgar Reitz chronicles the quests of two Hunsrück families to escape poverty and famine by forging a new life in Brazil.

	Author	Review
United States	Nicolas Rapold The New York Times	"Nearly four hours long, 'Home From Home' is imbued with the villagers' attachment to the land, but while dutifully capturing the period, the film feels less layered than Mr. Reitz's past work."	NEU
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"This beautifully shot black-and-white feature is accessible even for those unfamiliar with Reitz's previous work."	POS
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"'Home From Home' is especially strong at presenting neighboring towns as separate worlds, a la Thomas Hardy."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It is nearly four hours, but never dull for a moment; indeed, there is a boxset addictiveness to the whole thing. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United Kingdom	Trevor Johnston Time Out	"A magnificent, career-capping achievement from one of the great storytellers of our era. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"	POS

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