Miroirs No. 3
Film details
| Film Title | Miroirs No. 3 |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 86mins |
| Year | 2025 |
| Country | Germany |
| Director | Christian Petzold |
| Actors | Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebs, Philip Froissant, Victoire Laly, Marcel Heupermann, Christian Koerner, Hendrik Heutmann, Christoph Glaubacker, Sascha Eichenauer, Yee Him Wong, Mehmet Kucak |
| Language | German |
| AKA | Mirrors No. 3 |
| Showings |
On a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura miraculously survives a car crash. Physically unhurt but deeply shaken, she is taken in by a local woman who witnessed the accident and now cares for Laura with motherly devotion. When her husband and adult son also give up their initial resistance to Laura’s presence, the four of them slowly build up some family-like routine. But soon they can no longer ignore their past…
This 86-minute puzzle piece isn’t one of the director’s major works, but is distinguished by his trademark pleasures of texture and tone — and pushes his ongoing collaboration with star Paula Beer into ever more enigmatic territory.
★★★★
[Paula Beer] shifts with silvery, slippery ease between states of bemusement and shock. “Mirrors” is another gorgeous showcase for what makes her alchemy with Petzold succeed so well.
★★★★
This fourth collaboration between Petzold and Beer is an exercise in economy, pared back to the barest of bones. Although it’s a wisp of a thing, it delivers rich rewards.
★★★★
