Aimée & Jaguar

The opening film of the 49th International Berlin Film Festival in 1999, Aimée & Jaguar drew attention not only for the lesbian love story that it narrates, but equally for the political position of the lovers -- Aimée, the wife of a Nazi officer, and Jaguar, a Jewish journalist. The story is based ...more

Without its two lead performances, director Max Fäberböck's first film might just be another promising debut. But with them, particularly that of Juliane Köhler, the work becomes something far more memorable. Playing a housewife and unenthusiastic mother who indulges in meaningless affairs out of boredom, sexual frustration, and an almost girlish romantic streak while her husband fights for the Nazis on the front, Köhler makes clear the epic journey her character takes from thoughtless Nazi ...more