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Director: Ina Weisse
Cast: Josef Bierbichler, Hilde Van Mieghem, Sandra Hüller, Matthias Schweighöfer
Accepting a prize, architect Georg Winter explains that an architect has the good fortune of measuring every completed building against the rightness of his original idea. Soon Georg himself is forced to take stock of the achievements and mistakes he has made in his personal life. An intense drama in which the four members of the family travel to a mountain village to bury Georg's mother. They get stranded in bad weather. This unexpected isolation throws new light on the past and present life of the parents and the two almost-adult children.
Critical Reception & Ratings
The Architect (2008) is an intense family drama directed by Ina Weisse that received generally positive reviews from critics. The film follows an architect, Georg Winter, as he is forced to confront the successes and failures in his personal life during an unexpected isolation with his family. While the film has not won any major awards, it has garnered respectable audience ratings on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes.
Why you might like this:
Fans of intense family dramas will appreciate the nuanced, character-driven exploration of a family's hidden past and present tensions in The Architect (2008), directed by Ina Weisse. The film's standout performances, particularly from leads Josef Bierbichler and Sandra Hüller, bring depth and emotional complexity to the story as the characters are forced to confront their own mistakes and the rightness of their original ideas.
An architect is a professional trained in the planning, design, and supervision of the construction of buildings.
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