Fresh
Lore, from Australian director Cate Shortland, proceeds like a long-ago fairy tale, dark-hued, grounded in real-life 20th-century horrors.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Lore
When your life is a lie who can you trust?
2012 · 1h 49m · Not Rated
Drama, Thriller, War
Directed by
Cate Shortland
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Lore
Overview
After being abandoned by their Nazi parents at the end of World War II, five German siblings embark on a harrowing journey across their war-torn country. Led by the eldest, 14 year-old Lore, the children are forced to confront their parents’ actions and the reality of a new world.
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94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The young principals here, Malina and especially Rosendahl, are superb at conveying that premature hardening, their elastic minds pummelled by inelastic forces.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
The sins of the Fatherland send a German teenage girl and her Nazi-connected family on the run in Australian director Cate Shortland's vividly rendered and sensual drama Lore.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Fresh
It's a harrowing walk through the heart of darkness.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
With a child's perspective on war, "Lore" deserves comparisons with "Empire of the Sun" and "Hope and Glory," and with a feisty female protagonist it stands virtually alone.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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