Ronald Zehrfeld's beary berlin belly (and his nonchalant presented junk) is defining the level of intimacy that makes Matthias Glasner's very personal family history the precious artefact that it turns out to be.

Depicting German sensibilities, the state of mind of a whole nation, that's the small achievement that Sterben is capable of en passant. without ever recurring of the intergenerational traumata of WW2 and the holocaust this is very palpable as the backdrop of the mental state 80 years later.

the ice cold, innerly dead mother (chillingly played by Corinna Harfouch), the son drowning in his neuroticism, the daughter in her histrionics and alcoholism (both just feeling very close to home there, Eidinger and Stangenberg). a senile, castrated father…

Also erstmal dieser film geht drei stunden und das waren meiner meinung nach mindestens zwei stunden zu lang. Der film besteht den bechdel-test nicht mit einer DREI stunden länge und einer **komplexen Familiengeschichte**** bei der die hälfte der Familienmitglieder Frauen sind LOL. Ich war von der ersten stunde echt überrascht und fand es super gut gespielt und gut geschrieben und ich war honestly sehr berührt. Für mich ist der film gekippt nach dem streitgespräch zwischen lissy und tom (corinna harfourch und lars eidinger) nach der Beerdigung des vaters. Daraufhin folgt der teil des films über die kleine schwester ellen (lillith strangenberg), die für die Zuschauer*innen ohne ersichtlichen Grund und ohne backroundstory ein alkoholabhängiges 2010 kate moss tumblr manic pixie dream girly leben…

Que filme cruel, digo isso estando completamente sentimental em relação à sua mensagem, pois, de alguma maneira, eu me identifiquei e vi partes de mim e dos meus problemas em tela, e isso foi assustador. Histórias que causam uma maior identificação são as mais difíceis de elaborar, é sempre muito complexo traduzir sentimentos que vão além de você, quando fui atraído por Dying, fiquei receoso pelas suas três horas de duração, de início, as coisas parecem estar fora de ordem, como se nada estivesse alinhado ou em sintonia, só que tudo faria sentido quando a música começasse a ganhar forma nessa narrativa. Dentro dessa primeira hora, conhecemos apenas o casal de idosos, depois, somos apresentados ao seu filho, regente de…

This is my 3,000th review on Letterboxd and, hilariously, my old friend, serendipity, dropped by to mark the occasion.  For reasons that will become clear in a minute, this is one of only a handful of those reviews that have not contained a rating - I understand and respect the reasons why people choose not to provide a numerical rating but it helps me manage relativity across genres.

Writer/director Matthias Glasner serves up a scarifying depiction of the Lunies family who take dysfunction to stratospheric levels.  Father, Gerd (Hans-Uwe Bauer) has Parkinson’s disease, probably overlaid, given his aggressive outbursts, with Lewy body dementia.  Mother, Lissy (Corinna Harfouch) seems to relish his pain and emotional torment (we don’t get a lot…

A movie that felt like taking a deep breath and starting to talk about your problems. In family, in love, in art, physical problems, mental problems, and all of this with a smart and understanding friend who might help you with a joke, with a similar-to-you experience, and just say you the word that you want to hear from them.
 
I wanted to watch it for months, and it definitely didn't disappoint. All of the poetic digressions throughout the movie, which then connect to the plot in a beautiful way, almost like a harmony.
A movie that is honest with you, It shows you all the troubles of living; sometimes it's really unpleasant, sometimes it warms you up, sometimes…