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Longing (The)

Country: Germany, Language: German, 80 mins

Original Title

Saudade - Sehnsucht
  • Director: Jürgen Brüning
  • Writer: Jürgen Brüning
  • Producer: Jürgen Brüning; Dieter Tempel

CGiii Comment

It looks and sounds like a group of friends went to Brazil and made a film without any forethought...or money.

Instead of playing it for laughs and having a jolly good time - they bury themselves up to the neck in depression.

The depression that the audience suffers is having wasted time watching this incredible amalgamation of amateur twaddle.

Good packaging - don't let it mislead you.

Just look at Bruning's production credits - he specialises in trash and this is what this is - unfortunately...here, he is trying to be serious.

Appalling.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Cyrus, Tim and Erik were high school buddies and meet again ten years later. They spend the summer together in Brazil. All of them are occupied in dealing with experiences from their past but new developments make them face their inner conflicts and their friendship with each other.

Cast & Characters

Hendrik Scheider as Erik;
Aldri Anunciação as Miguel;
Tarik Qazi as Cyrus;
Daniel Bätscher as Tim;
Maria Lucia da Silva Ludwig as Maria;
Marilza da Cruz Pinto Gregião as Angela;
Zezé Motta as Miguel's Mother;
Sérgio Menezes as Fabio