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Synopsis

From German director Angelina Maccarone, a romantic drama about three women on the run, saving each other, saving themselves.

On Christmas Eve, Francesca's little sister, Antonietta, runs away to Rotterdam with her musician boyfriend. On the way to find her, Francesca picks up Gerlinde, a suicidal and lovesick woman. Now she has two lives to save. With the paths of three lost souls criss-crossing in Rotterdam, it soon is hard to tell who is saving whom.

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DVD : $21.99

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Region Code: 1
UPC: 741952685999
Catalog #: DV3061432

Studio : Here!, E1 Entertainment

Languages: German Dolby Digital (Primary) , English Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 1.85, Widescreen

Customer Reviews

A Christmas Like No Other

Amos Lassen wrote on 04/13/2010:

“Vivere”

A Christmas Like No Other

Amos Lassen

German director Angelina Maccarone brings us “Vivere” now been shown on Here TV and soon to be released on Here DVD. It is a romantic drama about three women on the run and their saving each other and themselves in the process.
On Christmas eve, Francesca’s little sister, Antoinetta, ran away to Rotterdam with her boyfriend a musician. Attempting to find her, Francesca picks up Gertrude, a woman who is both lovesick and suicidal. She realizes that she not only has to save her sister but Gertrude as well. As the paths of the three women crisscross each other we are not sure of who is saving whom.
Francesca (Esther Zimmering) is a taxi driver who fulfils the role of mother to her teenaged sister Antoinetta (Kim Schnitzer). They share an apartment with their father Enrico (Aykut Kayack) who is Italian born. The mother abandoned the children and her husband. Francesca likes being free as a taxi driver but feels stifled in her home life and she has no social life.
Antoinetta is a typical rebellious teenager whose older boyfriend, Snickers (Egbert Jan Weeber) plays in a popular local band which is on the brink of making it big. On Christmas eve, Antoinetta runs after him to Rotterdam to be with him. When Francesca learns of this she takes her can to go to Rotterdam to bring her back. On the way she stops to pick up a confused older woman, Gertrude (Hannelore Elsner) who had in an automobile accident and wrecked her car after an emotional Christmas Eve confrontation with her married lesbian lover.
The story is told from three different angles and from three different narrative viewpoints that overlap and retell certain scenes that bring the entire story together. At times it is a bit confusing but once the viewer settles in, he finds that this is one excellent film. At times the film is poetic and the performances are excellent but I must mention Hannelore Elsner as a standout. The cinematography is beautiful and the film both haunts and satisfies.