Rent I Was at Home, But (2019)
2.8 of 5 from 58 ratings
1h 45min
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- Synopsis:
- Angela Schanelec's beautifully elusive and allusive films are enigmatic explorations of everyday human dilemmas. Winner of the 'Best Director' prize at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival, 'I Was at Home, But...' is a tender, profoundly moving portrait of a family living with love and loss. Exquisitely subtle and deeply affecting, the film avoids easy exposition, trusting the audience to find connections in its elliptical narrative. Schanelec's elegantly radical films have a potent and mysterious power, achieving a masterful balance of quiet poetry, wry humour and raw emotion.
- Actors:
- Thorbjörn Björnsson, Esther Buss, Martin Clausen, Lucas Confurius, Maren Eggert, Marcel Kohler, Dane Komljen, Jelena Kuljic, Jakob Lassalle, Wolfgang Michael, Clara Möller, Ursula Renneke, Ann-Kristin Reyels, Franz Rogowski, Lilith Stangenberg, Devid Striesow, Nicolas Wackerbarth, Alan Williams, Jirka Zett
- Directors:
- Angela Schanelec
- Producers:
- Angela Schanelec
- Writers:
- Angela Schanelec
- Aka:
- Ich war zuhause, aber / I Was at Home, But...
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- Germany
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/03/2021
- Run Time:
- 105 minutes
- Languages:
- German Dolby Digital 2.0, German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- An exclusive, newly-filmed interview with the director
- A programme of three rare short films by the director:
- Lovely Yellow Colour (Schone gelbe Farbe, 1991)
- Far Away (Weit entfernt, 1992)
- Prague, March '92 (Prag, Marz 92, 1992)
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Reviews (1) of I Was at Home, But
Interesting but cold - I Was at Home, But review by TE
The synopsis provided on here gives a very good summary of this absorbing, enigmatic film.
Four distinct plots and sub-plots (or motifs) are woven together, with a great deal left unsaid and left to the viewer's imagination. The director, Angela Schanalec, has said that her films are for "watching rather than thinking about", but there's enough of a narrative here to force the viewer to think about what has happened and what will happen to the characters. Schanalec provides no clues or guidance.
All this makes for an intriguing film, but there are no emotional hooks to draw us in further, it feels very cerebral.
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