Wednesday 13 February 2013

Lore (2012): Foreign Language Film (German)


Lore is a 2012 Australian-German war thriller film written by Robin Mukherjee, co-written and directed by Cate Shortland. The film had its Australian premiere at the 2012 Sydney Film Festival.

Plot
In southwestern Germany during the dying days of World War II, five destitute siblings must travel 900 km to their grandmother's Husum Bay home after their Nazi parents are arrested by Allied Forces.Cast

The film had its international premiere at the Festival del film Locarno in August, where it won the Piazza Grande audience award, the Prix du public UBS. At the Stockholm International Film Festival, in November, the film was awarded four awards, including the Bronze Horse for best film. It was selected as the Australian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.


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