A Hidden Life: The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II. So far, so good, interesting material to make a good movie, which it was by the way, but that's if you have a lot of patience because the pace of this movie is extremely slow. It's three hours of melancholy, but beautifully filmed, because that's what makes this movie still worth a watch. The cinematography was on top, great camera work, nice unusual camera angles, stunning landscapes, all ingredients to make a brilliant movie. Unfortunatelly it's that long and slow, and that brings it down, even if the story is poignant and will make you think about moral values and priorities in life. The message is nice, nobody should have to do something against his will especially if it's evil. The fact that Franz Jägerstätter is a Godfearing human made him just another dumb human being to me. Not sure, well in fact I'm sure, that I didn't like his real motivation for his actions. I would do anything to be back with my family, lie through my teeth if I had to but certainly not abandon them like this. In short, A Hidden Life has a good story, but too long and too slow, with a good cast that did a very good job with their respective characters, and a nice cinematography. I would have scored it higher if it was 90 minutes long.
Review of A Hidden Life
