Synopsis
Lore leads her four younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos she encounters a mysterious refugee who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire.
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Cast
- Saskia RosendahlLore
- Kai-Peter MalinaThomas
- Nele TrebsLiesel
- Ursina LardiMom
- Hans-Jochen WagnerDad
- Mika SeidelJürgen
- André FridGünter
- Eva-Maria HagenGrandma
- Mike VeidnerYoung German Soldier
- Nick HolaschkeBaby Peter
Recommendations
- 91
Portland Oregonian
Shortland, whose only previous feature was 2004's coming-of-age drama "Somersault," creates a visceral, immersive environment and draws a very impressive performance from newcomer Saskia Rosendahl. - 90
The New York Times
The film sustains an air of overarching mystery in which the viewer, like the title character, is in the position of a sheltered child plunked into an alien environment and required to fend for herself without a map or compass. - 80
Los Angeles Times
At its heart Lore qualifies as a coming-of-age story, but it is far from the ones we usually see. - 75
The A.V. Club
If nothing else, Shortland gives Rosendahl a star-making platform on par with Cornish’s in "Somersault": She’s a magnetic screen presence who subtly conveys not only the struggle and guilt inherent to her situation, but also a residue of hate that’s carried over from her parents. The actor, like her character, shoulders a heavy burden. - 70
Variety
Lore offers a fresh, intimate and mostly successful perspective on Germany's traumatic transition from conqueror nation to occupied state. - 70
Village Voice
Shortland draws fine work from her actors, particularly the haunting Rosendahl, who manages to seem by turns a perfectly unbending Nazi youth, a frightened little girl forced to grow up too quickly, and a sensuous young woman bursting into bloom. - 67
The Playlist
While a film of great craft, strongly performed by the cast across the board, and particulary by the lead, newcomer Saskia Rosendahl, Lore never lets the audience in close enough for it to be a truly embraceable picture. - 63
Slant Magazine
Copious amounts of landscape and wilderness shots cover up its schematic plot, as its indirect visual allusions take precedence over thematic development.
