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A Hidden Life

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7.2/10 • 727

2019-08-272h 53m

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Better to suffer injustice than to commit it.

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

Directors
Terrence Malick
Writters
Terrence Malick
Editors
Terrence Malick, Sebastian Jones

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  1. August Diehl

    August Diehl

    Franz Jägerstätter

  2. Valerie Pachner

    Valerie Pachner

    Fani Jägerstätter

  3. Maria Simon

    Maria Simon

    Resie

  4. Karin Neuhäuser

    Karin Neuhäuser

    Rosalia Jägerstätter

  5. Tobias Moretti

    Tobias Moretti

    Fr Ferdinand Fürthauer

  6. Ulrich Matthes

    Ulrich Matthes

    Lorenz Schwaninger

  7. Matthias Schoenaerts

    Matthias Schoenaerts

    Captain Herder

  8. Michael Nyqvist

    Michael Nyqvist

    Bishop Joseph Fliessen

  9. Franz Rogowski

    Franz Rogowski

    Waldland

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Luis_989

Jan 18, 2020

8/10

An audiovisual beauty like all Malick's films although this is definitely the first one that has a more interesting story to tell since Tree of Life but unfortunately in my opinion its own ambition and pretense of doing something more epic plays against it because A Hidden Life it's a film that greatly extends its stay. Although Malick doesn't change the formula he has been using both narrative and visually, this story manages to feel different perhaps because unlike films like To The Wonder, Knight of Cups and Song to Song, Malick goes back in time and the visual aura of the film has a more distinctive touch. Again Malick doesn't seems to demand a lot from his actors because once again the romantic situations feel repetitive but as I said being a more relevant story, this time the interactions feel deeper. Here the problem as I said is the duration. The film is just a few minutes away from being three hours long and because of the narrative's shape those three hours feels like too much. I cannot deny that A Hidden Life is a beautiful film, it's a really good film but it's a really long one. I mean, I completely enjoy it, I would see it again without a doubt but I could definitely cut an hour from it to make it more agile, although I understand this was Malick's vision and desire for the audiences to experience his film. I repeat, I liked it a lot, it's Malick's most rewarding work since Tree of Life and it's a film that any serious movie lover will enjoy or at least it will give it the chance to be marvel by it.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$9,000,000.00
Revenue
$4,645,140.00
Keywords
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