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Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

MovieSonic I'm watching as many German language films as I can and this one has the bonus of including a lot of Spanish (my third language). From a learning perspective as opposed to purely entertainment, this is definitely one to watch as it has some great acting and some wonderful scenery.Unfortunately, that's about it. The premise is fascinating and I was really looking forward to watching it but after the first fifteen to twenty minutes, it became clear that the story wasn't going to go anywhere.The "twist" was predictable so this meant that there were no surprises and ultimately the actors didn't have anything to resolve because nothing really happened.It seems like they had a great idea but just didn't develop it very well. As a whole, the film felt very small.6/10

ConfucioBSB The basic plot of Das Lied in mir (man/woman finds out he/she was adopted) has been done and redone a thousand times and the first half hour of the film does little to convince the viewer it is going to be any different. Most situations are predictable and the policeman subplot is hard to believe. But as the film progresses newcomer director Florian Cossen shows absolute control of the story, with subtle plot changes and charismatic characters, not to mention the spectacular photography and music. It really grows on you.Having seen my fair share of German movies in the last years I was also pleased in finding "new" faces in the cast - also excellent in the Argentinian side.

beyer-sebastian "Das Lied in mir" (German title) is a pretty good movie. It features good actors in Jessica Schwarz and Rafael Ferro and a fitting (i.e reduced) cinematography to give the actors more room to develop their characters.Let's have a look at the plot: German citizen Maria is quite astonished, when she recognizes a Spanish children's song. She does not know any other Spanish. When she loses her passport in Buenos Aires, she has to stay there, in order to wait for police and embassy to sort this out.Her father joins her, apparently because he was so worried, about how his daughter sounded on the phone. But as we learn after he is dodging Maria's questions he is not her real father. She grew up in Buenos Aires was adopted and taken to Germany. And this is not the only lie that gets uncovered and keeps a good amount of suspense in this drama.While Maria searches for some of her real relatives and Jessica Schwarz is acting well as the distressed daughter she gets help from a cop (Rafael Ferro) who had a German-speaking grandma and can act as her interpreter. At the same time, the man she came to know as her father tries not to lose her completely.I liked the calm way the plot unfolds, while still having enough suspense and the succinct acting that I feel you get to see more in European productions these days. I think a lot of Hollywood movies are exaggerated and don't feel the least like real life, even if their stories pretend to be real life.Go and check out for yourself

Shizuka I had the misfortune of having to watch this boring movie.The story has been told a thousand times before: a young adult discovers she was adopted and goes on the search for her real parents.Apart from the fact that this is no original idea for a movie any more (for 50 years I guess) this flick tops it by being extremely boring.Any of the gazillions cheap Sunday afternoon cable flicks showing you the exact same "hunt-for-real-parents" schmooze is better than this epic fail.Germans may make good cars, but they make lousy movies.Don't waste your time.