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The Longing(Movie, 2002)

Original title: "Das Verlangen" (German/DE)
1h 34min | Genre: Drama
The LongingRating: 2.9/5 (with 33 votes)
The Longing (German: Das Verlangen) is a 2002 German film directed by Iain Dilthey. It won the Golden Leopard at the 2002 Locarno International Film Festival. ()
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About The Longing

It is set in a dreary village in the Schwabian-Frankish Forest where the seemingly reserved Lena lives with her tyrant of a husband, Johannes, in a loveless marriage. Johannes is the village's spiritual leader and Lena is his faithful, ever-ready-to-serve wife. Lena's daily life is characterized by grinding monotony, a life narrowly circumscribed by nursing, organ playing and the duties of the marriage bed. The mysterious murder of a village girl suddenly knocks this humdrum existence off its tracks. In the wake of these events Lena discovers the affection and tenderness for which she has always longed in Paul, the village mechanic. This encounter is the start of an emancipation that leads her not to reveal Paul's secret regarding the girl's murder, for fear of losing her newly won piece of happiness. In turn it means she has to remain silent, as she has always done in her many years of marriage. So it is that this love ultimately turns Lena herself into a fallen angel.

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Additional Information

Production country: Germany
Original language: German (DE)
Spoken languages: German (DE)
Translated into 3 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 08/08/2002
Director: Iain Dilthey
Producer: Till Schmerbeck
Screenwriter: Iain Dilthey
Director of Photography: Justus Pankau
Keywords: longing

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