2 hr 5 mins IMDB 7.3
Aimée & Jaguar
Zeitgeist (1999)
Not In Collection
#1194

My Rating:
5

Seen It:
Yes
(16.03.2005 Aud 2 (HiO) - FHiOHL)
Drama, Romance, War
Germany  /  German

Maria Schrader Felice Schragenheim
Juliane Köhler Lilly Wust
Johanna Wokalek Ilse
Heike Makatsch Klärchen
Elisabeth Degen Lotte
Detlev Buck Günther Wust
Inge Keller Lilly Wust
Kyra Mladeck Ilse
Sarah Camp Frau Kappler
Klaus Manchen Herr Kappler
Margit Bendokat Frau Jäger
Jochen Stern Werner Lause
Peter Weck Chefredakteur Keller
Lia Dultzkaya Hulda
Dani Levy Fritz Borchert
Hans-Christoph Blumenberg Fotograf Schmidt
Rüdiger Hacker Ernst Biermösel
Rosel Zech Blonde Frau
Ulrich Matthes Eckert
Dorkas Kiefer Tanja
Michael Degen
K

Director Max Färberböck; F
Producer Hanno Huth; Feliks Pastusiak; Günter Rohrbach; Lew Rywin; Stefaan Schieder
Writer Max Färberböck; Erica Fischer; Rona Munro

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Notes
At gay and lesbian film festivals, the audience tend to be gender segregated: gay men go to gay movies, lesbians go to lesbian movies. This is probably only natural - much of the point of going to these festivals is to see movies that never go to ordinary cinemas since straights don't manage to enjoy other kinds of relationships than their own...

I tend to have a strong need to understand the main characters in the movies I watch. The reason why I do not understand the actions of the characters in this movie (Aimée & Jaguar), may be as simple as this: they are lesbian, I am gay.

However, I always have problems understanding self-destructive behaviour, no matter the sexual orientation - so that excuse for the movie may not be strong enough.

Anyway, I do see the attractions of this movie. It is a story of strong emotions, taking place at a tremendously stressing and turbulent time (Berlin WW2). The actresses are even beautiful. Too bad (for me) that in the end I can't stand the main protagonists. (And the end is long in the waiting, by the way.)