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Audience reaction to “From Hilde, With Love”

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18 people responded. The breakdown and comments were:

  • ‘Excellent’: 11 votes
    • Engrossing. I was impressed with the films structure, having both story threads diverging from the moment of Hilde’s arrest, with Hilde’s “summer with Hans” being told in reverse.
    • Totally relentless – and perfectly executed (if you’ll excuse the expression). 
      The world needs this sort of cinema.  It’s an eye-opener just how many people are needed to comply with such a system. And quite why young Americans and Germans are desperate to return to it is beyond me.  People, of course, don’t believe “it could happen here.” – which is exactly why it should be mandatory viewing.
      Perhaps the best film of 2025.
    • Sensitively acted.
    • A film about the past, present, and maybe the future?  The State apparatus in all its Pomp and Futility!  Very moving!
    • A stark representation of how humanity meets oppression.
    • ‘War makes traitors of us all’ – one way or another…
    • Wonderfully observed, tenderly handled, beautifully acted.
    • Thank you
  • ‘Very Good’: 6 votes
    • A hard film to watch but the brilliant performances made it worth it.  Complex characters very sensitively portrayed.  An aspect of WWII I knew very little about.
    • Very moving.
    • Brutal!
  • ‘Good’: 1 vote
    • Too long
  • ‘Satisfactory’: 0 votes
  • ‘Poor’: 0 votes

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Our Next Presentation: From Hilde, With Love (Monday 29 September)

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Chelmsford Theatre Studio, Fairfield Road @ 8PM (Doors open 7:15)

In Berlin 1942, Hilde finds her place within an anti-Nazi resistance group as gradually as she falls in love with one of its members, Hans Coppi. With their lives being in constant danger, the two spend an unforgettable summer until they get caught by the Gestapo and Hilde Coppi is imprisoned, eight months pregnant.

Docudrama • Germany • Cert: 15 • Year: 2024
Language: German • Running time: 125 mins

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Audience reaction to “Monster”

Audience reaction to “Monster”

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Audience reaction to “Monster”

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14 people responded. The breakdown and comments were:

  • ‘Excellent’: 5 votes
    • Excellent storytelling, having the narrative repeated, each time from a different perspective, to gradually reveal the truth. Kore-eda rarely disappoints!
    • Very touching (as always).  I thought it was going to be like “The Hunt” – but it was still cleverer
      One of the finest filmmakers.
    • So unexpected. Loved it.
  • ‘Very Good’: 5 votes
    • An absorbing study of perception, subjectivity and human foibles.  A comedy to those who think….?
    • Confusing at times.  Stunning performances – the contradictions of compassion, violence, parental detachment & childhood imagination.  Bravery of outsides & their mechanisms of survival??
    • Absorbing
  • ‘Good’: 3 votes
    • Confusing film, but I got the idea in the end.
    • Beautifully filmed in places, but I felt it would make a better book.
  • ‘Satisfactory’: 1 vote
    • Too many flashbacks, either I lost the plot, or the film did!
  • ‘Poor’: 0 votes

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