Phoenix Page #4

Synopsis: In the aftermath of WWII, Nelly, a Jewish survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, horribly disfigured from a bullet wound in her face, undergoes a series of facial reconstruction surgeries and decides to find her husband Johnny who works at the Phoenix club in Berlin. Undoubtedly, Nelly is stunning, yet, her new self is beyond recognition, so Johnny, the man who may have betrayed her to the Nazis, will never imagine that the woman in front of him who bears an uncomfortable and unsettling resemblance to his late wife, is indeed her. Without delay, and with the intention to collect the deceased's inheritance, Nelly will go along with Johnny's plot and she will impersonate the dead woman, giving the performance of a lifetime before friends and relatives in a complex game of deceit, duplicity, and ultimately, seduction. In the end, during this masquerade, as the fragile and broken Nelly tries to find out whether Johnny betrayed her or not, she will have to dig deep into her wounded p
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Director(s): Christian Petzold
Production: IFC Films
  17 wins & 29 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
89
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
PG-13
Year:
2014
98 min
$2,164,527
Website
1,183 Views


I don't believe it.

It's so...

I don't know...

Come have a hug.

I told Wolfgang...

Nelly will be back, I know it.

If only he could see you, too...

If...

Well, Nelly...

Christina is dead.

My child is dead.

But now go over to Johnny. There he is.

Let's go, kids. The food's getting cold.

We missed you.

Two days ago I passed the studio.

The circular bench

where you always sat together.

The street lighting was back on.

A piano was playing inside.

Someone was singing.

I shut my eyes.

And for an instant

it was as it used to be.

Yes...

And now here you are, Nelly.

I don't have to close my eyes to see you.

And I never will again.

To your being back again, Nelly.

- To Nelly.

- To Nelly. - Cheers.

Nelly...

You are my love.

You are my life.

No matter what.

Come on.

All of you come.

"Speak Low".

- "Speak Low".

- Yes.

I always wished...

to sing with Johnny again...

one day...

in Berlin...

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