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Release date: December 12th, 2008
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: Stephen Daldry
Studio: Alliance Films/Weinstein Co.
Screenplay: David Hare
Producer(s): Anthony Minghella, Scott Rudin, Sydney Pollack
Cast: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Bruno Ganz, Linda Bassett
Official Site: thereader-movie.com
Rating: R for some scenes of sexuality and nudity
Available film art: The Reader movie posters
Running time: 2 hours 03 minutes
Synopsis
“The Reader” opens in post-WWII Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair.
Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from “The Odyssey,” “Huck Finn” and “The Lady with the Little Dog.” Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken.
Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life – this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna’s past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. “The Reader” is a haunting story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another.
“The Reader” stars Ralph Fiennes, David Kross and Kate Winslet, and is directed by Stephen Daldry (the Academy Award nominated director of “The Hours”), from a script by David Hare, and based on the award winning novel by Bernhard Schlink. Schlink’s The Reader has been translated into 40 languages and was the first German novel to reach number one on The New York Times Bestseller List.
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