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Name: The Notebook (Le Grand Cahier)
Released: 2014-8-29
Cast: András Gyémánt, László Gyémánt, Ulrich Matthes, Piroska Molnár, Gyöngyvér Bognár

The Notebook (Le Grand Cahier)

R
1h 52m
2014

67%

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Towards the end of World War II, a desperate mother leaves her 13-year-old twin sons at their grandmother’s house, despite the fact that this grandmother is a cruel and bestial alcoholic. Previously pampered, the twins must learn how to survive alone in their new, rural surroundings. They realize that the only way to cope with the inhumane world of adults and war is to become completely unfeeling and merciless.

Director:

Szasz Janos

Producer:

Sándor Pál, Söth Sándor

Writer:

Szekér András, Szász János

Cast:

András Gyémánt, László Gyémánt, Ulrich Matthes, Piroska Molnár, Gyöngyvér Bognár, Ulrich Thomsen

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

67%

Reviews

IONCINEMA.com

Nicholas Bell

It's a strikingly photographed, pervasively bewitching account of adolescent twin boys and their development into (mostly) apathetic killing machines.

It certainly paints a grim picture, but if war is hell, so is this film.

As little emotion as the two boys show as the film wears on, Szasz actually shows less, finding a way to show the dehumanizing experience of living in wartime without ever going beyond the pale.

Notebook frames the evil revealed by the region's Nazi Occupation as the most treacherous of fairy tales: one that realizes our childhood fear that there really are no trustworthy grownups.

While the film has a tendency to sometimes stray into melodrama, Szsz has crafted a strong adaptation that keeps its literary heart but surrounds it with strong cinematic emotion.

June 25, 2017

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