Remember (2015)

	Also Known As: Souviens-toi
	Year of first release: 2015
	Director: Atom Egoyan
	Actors: Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau
	Country: CDN, D
	Genre: Drama, Black comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 16.11.2015, Schauburg, OV Sneak Preview, English version with German subtitles
Synopsis: Zev Gutman (Plummer) is an elderly man with dementia. When his wife dies, he discovers from a letter written by his friend Max Rosenbaum (Landau) that the Nazi guard who murdered his family some 70 years ago in Auschwitz is living in America under an assumed identity. He then goes in search of this Rudy Kurlander. Despite the obvious challenges, Zev sets out on a mission to deliver long-delayed justice with his own trembling hand.
Review: The story is full of surprises and humour. Even if the gags are often the same (on the dementia of Zev) and become therefore dramatic. The comedy continues with the humouristic picture of the modern USA population. Migrants from Germany of all types, Nazis, liked-to-be Nazis, people persecuted by Nazi regime. This is of course black humour. After a few Rudys This is also truth on the modern USA and its history. The actor Christopher Plummer shows he is still a good actor, since The night of the generals, and his performance is excellent.  The rythm of the movie is quite slow and suffers from the lack of music to enhance the slowness of the character as David Lynch did in Straight Story.
Rating: 5 /10