Paths

2017 [GERMAN]

Action / Drama

16
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 565 565

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Plot summary

Andreas and Martin share all the ups and downs of everyday life, and their son is maturing. A cautious approach to the traces of a long relationship. The love story of two people. Not about how they come together, not a phase they go through, but all of their shared experiences: all the years between the first kiss and today.

Director

Chris Miera Photo
Chris Miera

Top cast

Ludwig Bundscherer Photo
Ludwig Bundscherer as Radiosprecher
Yvonne Döring Photo
Yvonne Döring as Julia Engel
Sara Löffler Photo
Sara Löffler as Manuela Hoffmann
Anna Katharina Schimrigk Photo
Anna Katharina Schimrigk as Ida
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913.12 MB
1280*534
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles de  
24 fps
1 hr 47 min
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1.72 GB
1920*800
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles de  
24 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

Paths

Hmmm. This might well have worked better on paper, or perhaps even on stage where the confines of the sets might have given it greater intimacy. As a movie, though, it's all rather pedestrian. It's about two men (though it could easily be about any adult permutation) - "Andreas" (Mike Hoffman) and "Martin" (Mathis Reinhardt) who have a young son "Max" and a life together which we now enjoy/share/endure over a rather lengthy hundred minutes. It's not that it's dull - indeed there is a paucity of dialogue that works quite well at times, it's just that it's maybe a bit too much like real life. Not a great deal happens - and when it does, it's not necessarily that interesting to those watching or can appear a little dramatically contrived. The film is set over quite a long timeframe too, and there are gaps. Sometimes that is good but towards the end, though, that becomes rather puzzling - almost as if the writers just wanted to get it all over with. It's quite nicely filmed, but I felt a little like a fly on the wall watching something that wasn't that compelling or always any of my business.
Reviewed by cekadah 7 / 10

Andreas and Martin

Here we have a rather confusing yet interesting film of two men - one loves, the other doesn't know what he wants. The two seem perfectly paired, Andreas loves but Martin is grossly insecure or suffers from mental depression. We never really find out!Martin makes Andreas life 'hell' but Andreas stays true while Martin seems to have other plans and tries to make Andreas feel guilty about it. A very confusing plot but the actors, plot and acting keep you watching. The setting is always fall or winter - the time of year when nature seems to be dying - symbolic of their relationship.This film is one you have to want to watch.
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