Return to Montauk
2017 Germany, France, Ireland film
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Return to Montauk (Rückkehr nach Montauk) is a 2017 German drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff.[2] It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
Directed byVolker Schlöndorff
Written byVolker Schlöndorff
Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín
Based onMontauk
by Max Frisch
by Max Frisch
Produced byRegina Ziegler
Til Schweiger
Stéphane Parthenay
Francis Boespflug
Conor Barry
Mike Downey
Sam Taylor
Holger Reibiger
Til Schweiger
Stéphane Parthenay
Francis Boespflug
Conor Barry
Mike Downey
Sam Taylor
Holger Reibiger
| Return to Montauk | |
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| Directed by | Volker Schlöndorff |
| Written by | Volker Schlöndorff Colm Tóibín |
| Based on | Montauk by Max Frisch |
| Produced by | Regina Ziegler Til Schweiger Stéphane Parthenay Francis Boespflug Conor Barry Mike Downey Sam Taylor Holger Reibiger |
| Starring | Stellan Skarsgård Nina Hoss Niels Arestrup |
| Cinematography | Jérôme Alméras |
| Edited by | Hervé Schneid |
| Music by | Max Richter Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh Thomas Bartlett |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Wild Bunch |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Countries | Germany, France, Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $330,000[1] |
Plot
During a book tour in the United States, Max meets and falls in love with a young woman. Many years later, Max returns to the United States, hoping to reunite with his former lover during a weekend on Long Island in Montauk.
The plot is broadly inspired by Max Frisch's 1975 novel Montauk.
Cast
- Stellan Skarsgård as Max Zorn
- Nina Hoss as Rebecca
- Niels Arestrup as Walter
- Susanne Wolff as Clara
- Bronagh Gallagher as Rachel
- Robert Seeliger as Jonathan
- Isioma Laborde-Edozien as Lindsey
- Paul Bonin as Wally
- Mathias Sanders as Mark McDonald
- Daniel Brunet as designer
- Ray Wiederhold as the doorman
- Olga Lezhneva as girl
Production
Reception
Donald Clarke in The Irish Times, wrote that "this Colm Tóibín-assisted effort has none of the warmth of his best work".[6]
