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The Tobacconist

Der Trafikant

2018

Nikolaus Leytner

Simon Morzé, Bruno Ganz, Johannes Krisch, Emma Drogunova ...

5.6

1,249

Drama Vienna,1937, through the Anschluss. A 17-year-old boy from the provinces apprentices with a tobacconist, whose customers include a cigar-smoking Sigmund Freud.

	Author	Review
United States	Teo Bugbee The New York Times	"A coming-of-age drama with attractive cinematography and production design, but no political or philosophical weight."	NEU
United States	Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] expertly captures the tensions in the Austrian capital on the eve of Hitler’s takeover, and it also manages to be a vibrant coming-of-age story and an intriguing portrayal of Sigmund Freud, expertly portrayed by Bruno Ganz"	POS
United Kingdom	Nikki Baughan Screendaily	"In [the] exploration of how war shapes lives even away from the battlefield (...) the film is at its strongest (...) [It delves] literally into Franz’s troubled psychology (...) and [it is] unnecessarily melodramatic"	NEU
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A relatively accessible if grossly oversimplified portrayal of a horrific period, brightened by the chemistry between Ganz and lead actor Simon Morzé."	NEU
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"The result is a refined and unchallenging swirl of soft-serve Euro-porn that fails to reconcile the weight of its setting with the lightness of its story"	NEG
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"[The script] concerns more serious themes than Freud's off-hand advice, though its shallow storytelling gives little to contemplate (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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