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"Aimee & Jaguar" is an extraordinary love story
between two women in 1940s Berlin during the era
of the Third Reich. Allegedly based on a true
story, the film is the story Aimee...a middle
class wife of a soldier with kids...and
Jaguar...a Jewish club dancer and nude model.
The film is shot beautifully, and scripted with
great humanity. In real life, Jaguar ended up
being killed during the Holocaust, while Aimee
is alive and well living in Berlin.
Juliane Koehler and Maria Schrader give tender,
daring performances here.
Technical aspects of this film are quite
wonderful including a nice musical score that
companions the action well. The film was
nominated for Best Foreign Film with the Golden
Globes, and both Schrader and Koehler won Silver
Bears at the Berlin Film Festival.
The supporting cast also does a stellar job,
including performances by Detlev Buck as Aimee's
husband, Peter Weck and Heike Makatsch.
This film has a tremendously loving, gentle
presentation that is such a powerful contrast
when one considers the WW II setting....an
amazing balance is struck. This is a unique film
with a definite beauty and power. The film is in
German with English subtitles.
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Written by Richard
Propes
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