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IMDb rating 7.7
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Critic rating 7.4

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Critic Ian Freer
rated 6

A strongly crafted, ambitious, occasionally absorbing dissection of a fascinating period in German culture...

Read full review at Empire
Critic Tara Mcnamara
rated 8

...a gorgeous, intriguing landmine of an epic.

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Critic Robbie Collin
rated 8

Watching paint dry has never been so riveting.

Read full review at The Telegraph
Critic Mia Brygger
rated 10

...hvad Florian gør så simpelt og så elegant, er at udstille hvor overvældende det kan føles at være menneske, et følende, observerende og deltagende menneske i en verden fuld af traumer, sorg og uforløste længsler.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Peter Christian Rude
rated 7

‘Værk uden skaber’ er en ægte storfilm og er beundringsværdig for sit ambitionsniveau...

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Critic Fanny Degerfelt
rated 6

...vacker, fint skådespelad, en intressant skildring av nazismens infekterade sår i efterkrigstidens Tyskland och sökandet efter ett eget konstnärligt uttryck.

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Critic Fredrik Sahlin
rated 6

...väl en episk, snygg och välspelad sak som trots sina 188 minuter inte får mig att börja tänka på refrängen.

Read full review at Svt Kulturnyheterna

Cast & Crew

Rainer Bock
As Burghart Kroll
Johanna Gastdorf
As Grandmother Malvine
Jeanette Hain
As Waltraut Barnert
Lars Eidinger
As Exhibition Guide
Jacob Matschenz
As Arendt Ivo
Sebastian Koch
As Carl Seeband

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Inspired by true events, "Never Look Away" tells the story of Kurt Barnert, a young artist who escapes East Germany and finds himself torn between his passion for painting and the weight of his family's dark past. As a child, Kurt is exposed to the horrors of the Nazi regime and witnesses the brutal treatment of his aunt, who is diagnosed with schizophrenia and eventually murdered under the Nazi euthanasia program. Years later, Kurt meets Ellie, a fashion design student who happens to be the daughter of Professor Seeband, the same man responsible for his aunt's death. Unaware of their shared history, Kurt and Ellie fall in love and attempt to build a life together despite Seeband's efforts to sabotage their relationship. As Kurt struggles to find his voice as an artist and come to terms with his family's tragic past, he must confront the reality that everything he holds dear may be at risk. Will he find a way to uncover the truth without losing what he loves most?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Never Look Away include The Taste of Things, Licorice Pizza, Redeeming Love, Scarlet, Marguerite & Julien, Dead End (1937).

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Never Look Away was released in theaters on November 1, 2018.