Aimée & Jaguar (1999)
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 48
Fresh: 43 | Rotten: 5
A gripping examination of sexual taboos, set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany, bolstered by a subtly shaded script and a strong cast.
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 13
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 1
A gripping examination of sexual taboos, set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany, bolstered by a subtly shaded script and a strong cast.
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The opening film of the 49th International Berlin Film Festival in 1999, Aimée & Jaguar drew attention not only for the lesbian love story that it narrates, but equally for the political position of the lovers -- Aimée, the wife of a Nazi officer, and Jaguar, a Jewish journalist. The story is based on the memoirs of Lilly Wust (the Aimée character), who is 85 and still living in Germany. In 1943, as Allied bombers leave Berlin in ruins, Lilly Wust Juliane Köhler earns a Cross of Motherhood for
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Maria Schrader
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Johanna Wokalek
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Kyra Mladeck
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All Critics (60) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (43) | Rotten (5) | DVD (3)
A vivid slice of life -- and love -- during the 1944 Allied bombardment of Berlin.
Top CriticThe film ... isn't up to the complexities the story raises, but it's a consistently engrossing piece of work.
This is more than a same-sex success, it's a most affecting, most sensual on-screen love affair, period.
Schrader plays Felice with a kind of doomed and reckless bravery.
It reminds us that the Holocaust continues to be a vital source for singular, inspirational stories.
A reminder that truth never ceases to be stranger than fiction.
A well acted, sensual tale of lesbian romance set against the tumultuous setting of WWII and the Holocaust.
It's a breathtakingly beautiful film, never mawkish, never less than vibrantly real and never more affecting than when it explores the nature of a love that 'dare not speak its name', not in Nazi Germany
Startlingly poignant, Aimée and Jaguar is a story about dreams. If you have ever dreamed, don't miss it.
Powerful and touching. Good touching.
A história (real) é interessante, mas o roteiro e a direção são enfadonhos. Grandes atuações em um filme que não causa impacto, apenas sono.
Theatre director Max Färberböck could hardly have picked a more intense and heartbreaking story for his cinema debut.
An enchanting and provocative love story.
...a rich melange of tumultous and sensual events. The story, acting, direction, set design and costuming fluidly combine to give a passionate portrait of living and loving on the edge of despair in a place and time where there was no tomorrow.
A sophisticated and beautiful feature debut from German television director Max Färberböck.
While at times a bit too slow, especially during a handful of love scenes that verge on being gratuitous, the strength of the two lead actresses as desperate, devoted lovers is enough to engage audiences throughout the entire pic.
Certainly this is great dramatic fodder, and first-time feature film director Max Farberbock has given a terrific visual style, resonance, sense of hope and power to the material.
Based on a true story, though that doesn't really make it all that compelling.
Watching Aimee and Jaguar is like having your eyes anxiously affixed on a cracked mirror on the wall, delicately held together, yet on the brink of violently shattering to the ground.
Rewarding viewing, evocatively re-creating a narrative milieu and war-time Berlin rarely seen on screen.
With a solid support cast, this is always an engaging and moving drama.
In the midst of all the chaos of war, how people chose to live and how they survived emotionally is conveyed well and without the usual cliches.
Färberböck does a great job at capturing Lilly's first nervous foray into lesbianism, as well as Felice's cautiousness at becoming involved in a potentially dangerous relationship.
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