Jerichow

Movie: Jerichow

I saw it on: September 6, 2009

Cast: Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, Hilmi Sözer, André Hennicke, Claudia Geisler

Genre: Drama

Synopsis: Ali (Hilmi Sözer) is an overbearing, brutish owner of a string of snack bars in England.  Laura (Nina Hoss) is his beautiful wife.  Thomas (Benno Fürmann) is penniless after a dishonorable discharge from the army.  Ali hires Thomas as an assistant.  Soon Thomas and Laura start having an affair.  For once, the always-suspicious Ali has something to be suspicious about.

My two cents: About 30 minutes into the movie, I started thinking I was watching a British version of “The Postman Always Rings Twice”.  Although the ending is different, there are an awful lot of similarities between the movies.  Too many, I think,to be coincidence.

Not a bad movie – but not a great one either.