The Reader
Movie • 2008 • Drama
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The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.
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Is there a hanging?
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Yes but neither the hanging itself nor the body is seen. You only see the character preparing their own suicide
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Is there a shower scene?
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Not necesserily a shower seen but the two main characters take several baths together and are completely naked
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In the beginning, the main character vomits on the street. Its not very graphic but you might want to look away for a few seconds. It doesn’t happen suddenly, so you see him looking sick in the „Straßenbahn“(I habe no idea what they‘re called in english). After he throws up a woman takes a bucket and washed the vomit away. You can look again when she‘s done with it
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He is 15, she is 36
At least in the book. But I think the age gap in the movie is similar. He‘s a minor and she is in not that young anymore.
An other problem is, that this relationship isn‘t really criticised by anyone
At least in the book. But I think the age gap in the movie is similar. He‘s a minor and she is in not that young anymore.
An other problem is, that this relationship isn‘t really criticised by anyone
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