Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven |
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[Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel]
Director Starring |
This is an excellent film marred only by its ending — the European ending, which jumps suddenly into text-screenplay form for I have no idea what reason, and especially the American ending, which takes all the umph out of his political critique and ends on an uncharacteristically farcical note of optimism. The two hours leading up to either ending are an engaging and scathing attack on all sides of the German political landscape — one of few films in my experience that makes such subject matter fun to watch, and Mother Küsters remains entirely human and genuinely sympathetic in the thick of it. |
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