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Jerichow

2009 · 1h 32m · Unrated Drama
Directed by Christian Petzold

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Overview

In a small town in Northern Germany, a penniless German veteran is offered a job as a deliveryman by an alcoholic Turkish entrepreneur, through which the former meets the latter's wife.

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89%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Petzoid takes the Cain themes of lust and duplicity and twists them into a reflection on modern Germany, where nationalism and loyalties and identity and economics are jumbled and thrown into confusion.

Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh

A taut, German-made thriller, Jerichow adds a bit of European xenophobia to the pulp traditions of passion and betrayal.

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh

This is a movie made by and for adults, and adults should consider seeing it.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

This is silly romance. It's sillier suspense. But I'm not above saying I enjoyed it.

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh

It's easy to compare Jerichow with the films of The Postman Always Rings Twice, with the grimy gas station owner, the sexy wife and the rugged drifter, but people have a way of not behaving according to their superficial qualities.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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