Winter Sleepers

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Winter Sleepers

1997,

2h 2m,

Drama/

Romance

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76%

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1,000+ Ratings

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79%

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Local farmer Theo is a man struggling to keep his family happy and fed. One day he heads out with a horse in a trailer hitched to the back of his car. Also in the trailer, hiding, is his young daughter who stowed away without permission. On a slippery road, things are about to change. A chain reaction has begun, a door has been opened, and the hand of fate has entered the game as an invisible player.

Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

Jul 24, 2006

C+

Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Nov 14, 2005

3/5

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jul 7, 2005

3/5

Andy Klein

New Times

May 29, 2004

3/5

Jeffrey M. Anderson

San Francisco Examiner

Jan 17, 2003

4/5

A strong, atmospheric companion piece to Tykwer's Run Lola Run and a precursor to Memento.

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Theodore R

Jul 2, 2018

When you watch "Wintersleepers" you'll instantly discover the style of director Tom Tykwer. A lot of close-ups, images which make you think of an american movie and not a german one. Every moment is underlaid with a fast-paced musical score. And we get the heart beat that will later become famous as kind of a score for "Run, Lola, Run". In "Wintersleepers" Tykwer shows that he doesn't like his images or story to stand still. Everything is in motion - always. The best performance comes from Floriane Daniel as Rebecca but also Heino Ferch as Marco is remarkable - we really can hate this guy, we really wanna punch him in the face. The big flaw of "Wintersleepers" is that we can see that Tykwer has a lot of fun with visuals and the cinematography of a film. But he forgets about the story sometimes. It's more exciting to look at his film than to follow its story.

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Floriane Daniel

Rebecca

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Marco

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Synopsis

Local farmer Theo is a man struggling to keep his family happy and fed. One day he heads out with a horse in a trailer hitched to the back of his car. Also in the trailer, hiding, is his young daughter who stowed away without permission. On a slippery road, things are about to change. A chain reaction has begun, a door has been opened, and the hand of fate has entered the game as an invisible player.

Director: Tom Tykwer
Producer: Maria Köpf, Stefan Arndt
Screenwriter: Anne-Francoise Pyszora
Distributor: Winstar Cinema
Production Co: Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Arte, X-Filme Creative Pool, Palladio Film, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 17, 1997, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $316.4K
Runtime: 2h 2m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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