Let Me Go

2017

Let Me Go

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Movie Info

Let Me Go is a film about mothers and daughters, it is about ghosts from the past and the impact they leave on the present. Developed from Helga Schneider's true life story, Let Me Go explores the effect on Helga's life of being abandoned by her mother, Traudi in 1941 when she was just four years old. The film is set in the year 2000 following not only Helga and Traudi's journeys but the next two generations and how Beth, Helga's daughter and Emily her granddaughter are confronted with the long-term effects of Traudi's leaving. When Helga receives a letter telling her that Traudi is close to death, it is Emily with whom Helga shares the truth. Emily volunteers to accompany her to Vienna to meet the great-grandmother she thought was dead, and experience the unraveling of the darkest of family secrets.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Drama
Directed By:

Polly Steele
Written By:

Polly Steele
Runtime:

97 minutes

Cast

Elizabeth Webster

Jodhi May

Juliet Stevenson

Lucy Boynton

Stanley Weber

Critic Reviews for Let Me Go

All Critics (4) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (1)

Juliet Stevenson gives a typically excellent performance of bottled up shame and guilt as a woman haunted by the sins of her mother in this low-budget British drama.

Sep 14, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Cath Clarke
Guardian
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While the tone feels uneven, Let Me Go is handsomely shot and filled with brave subject matter - and, thanks to strong performances by Stevenson and Bertling, it leaves you with plenty to ponder.

Dec 26, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Francesca Rudkin
New Zealand Herald
Flaws, contrivances and occasional mis-steps aside, Let Me Go, in its best moments, is a very, very good film indeed.

Nov 2, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Graeme Tuckett
Stuff.co.nz
The intensity of the subjects they address offsets the histrionic tendencies in the film's execution. There's no such defence, though, for the soapy subplots.

Sep 18, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Edward Porter
Sunday Times (UK)