A German Black & White film about a 50 year old married Probation Officer & her Masochistic near 17 year old charge.
This sounds like it would be a sleazy sensationalistic movie, WRONG. The subject matter us handled tastefully
The screenplay is well thought out, the direction is tight & concise.
The acting is near flawless, especially by both leads.
We learn right away about our young heroes leanings. He looks at his bruised side in the shower almost lovingly, (due to a playground mishap)
He then meets his probation officer--our middle aged housewife-
She slowly realizes what the lad needs & eventually gives it to him, THese scenes are not overly brutal,but very effective,
We also learn about her not so happy home life.
Jan Winkler play the young lad (actually he is 23 now). I do hope he makes some English language films as he is very talented.
The entire cast & production are first rate. I highly recommend this movie.
There is nudity,but tastefully done,
Ratings ***1/2 (out of 4) 95 points (out of 100) IMDb 9 (out of 10
This sounds like it would be a sleazy sensationalistic movie, WRONG. The subject matter us handled tastefully
The screenplay is well thought out, the direction is tight & concise.
The acting is near flawless, especially by both leads.
We learn right away about our young heroes leanings. He looks at his bruised side in the shower almost lovingly, (due to a playground mishap)
He then meets his probation officer--our middle aged housewife-
She slowly realizes what the lad needs & eventually gives it to him, THese scenes are not overly brutal,but very effective,
We also learn about her not so happy home life.
Jan Winkler play the young lad (actually he is 23 now). I do hope he makes some English language films as he is very talented.
The entire cast & production are first rate. I highly recommend this movie.
There is nudity,but tastefully done,
Ratings ***1/2 (out of 4) 95 points (out of 100) IMDb 9 (out of 10