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‘The Safe House’ Review: A Malformed Family Portrait Connecting May 1968 to World War II

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Lionel Baier’s adaptation of Christophe Boltanski’s novel 'The Safe House' narrates more than it depicts.

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‘The Safe House’ Review: A Whimsical French May ’68 Dramedy That Never Cuts Deep

Bowing in Berlin's competition, Swiss director Lionel Baer's latest follows a Jewish family bunkered down in an apartment while student protests rock the city of Paris.

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‘The Safe House’ Review: Paris In May ’68 Sees A Bohemian Family’s Life Turned Upside Down In Lionel Baier’s Comedy – Berlin Film Festival

Memories can’t be cancelled. The Boltanski family never celebrates significant dates, even their own birthdays; according to the narrator who leads us into this whimsical fantasy of post-war Jewish life, they live only for the present moment. In May 1968, the present moment consists of riots in the streets and demands for the government to […]

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‘The Safe House’ Review: A Malformed Family Portrait Connecting May 1968 to World War II

Lionel Baier’s adaptation of Christophe Boltanski’s novel 'The Safe House' narrates more than it depicts.

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The Safe House (La Cache)

QUICK AND DIRTY: LIVE FROM BERLIN Based on a novel written by Christophe Boltanski (nephew of visual artist Christian Boltanski) about his own family. Swiss director Lionel Baier’s latest feature takes place almost in its entirety during the student protests that rocked France and the world in 1968. Nine-year-old boy (Ethan Chimienti) is extremely excited to be confined with his two uncles, two grandparents and one great-grandmother in a shabby …

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Paris In Might ’68 Sees A Household's Life Turned Upside Down

Recollections can’t be cancelled. The Boltanski household by no means celebrates vital dates, even their very own birthdays; in keeping with the narrator who leads us into this whimsical fantasy of post-war Jewish life, they dwell just for the current second. In Might 1968, the current second consists of riots within the streets and calls for for the federal government to step down, though it’s the utopian desires on the posters slapped up on pa…

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‘The Safe House’ review: Cluttered 1960s Paris-set chamber piece

Lionel Baier makes his first appearance in Berlin competition

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