Stellan Skarsgard endears as the aging Max who is like a eager teenager when he is with the ladies. Max's former benefactor Walter plays a large role in the book. _Return to Montauk_ is an unauthorized 'sequel' to the late Swiss writer Max Frisch's semi-autobiographical _Montauk_. Nina Hoss's work rivals Nastasja Kinski's in _Paris, Texas_ Reviewed by septimus_millenicom 10 / 10 Late period Schlondorff Masterpiece. So, the failure really comes down to the script. That being said, the quality of the acting is generally quite good, as is the photography. She doesn't sound fluent and natural like a successful attorney would, but rather like someone who has come fresh from Germany and has memorized her lines. Who would care about the small problems of this super-successful and super-self-possessed middle-aged couple? What's the point for the audience if the novelist chooses his gorgeous former flame over his gorgeous current wife? Second, the dialogue is stiff and unnatural, especially the parts spoken by Nina Hoss. First and foremost, it's difficult to empathize with the protagonists. Other reviewers have already given their opinion why. Throughout the film feels like a mediocre TV production, and never really takes off. The two travel to Cape Montauk, where they the novelist tries to revive their former relationship. He returns to New York and links up with one of his former lovers, the one he considers the true love of his life, a German immigrant who is now an extremely successful attorney in NY (the German star actress Nina Hoss). The main protagonist (Stellan Skarsgård) is a middle-aged, successful, and womanizing novelist from Northern Europe. Inspired by a novel of the Swiss author Max Frisch, Schlöndorff has said in interviews that the contents is basically autobiographic. Movie director Volker Schlöndorff has a number of good films to his name. Reviewed by narrog-24994 5 / 10 Not for return viewing They do not know if it is possible to reverse time.

It feels for them like the next day after the last one they were together. Now they have come back to Montauk, filled with regret and hope. Many years before, they had a fling, but they were too young to know they had each met the love of their lives.

The chairs are waiting for two people who have, for a long time, been lost to each other. There are two deck chairs on the windswept beach. It is winter in Montauk, at the far end of Long Island.

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