Lore (***) – Submitted to the Academy Awards this year for “Best Foreign Language Film,” Australia’s Lore revisits a painful time in history that most would rather sweep under a rug. It’s both a brave and bold task convincing audiences to sympathize with German defenders of the Nazi regime, but writer-director Cate Shortland effortlessly carries out this duty with apt confidence. Following the arrest of her SS military father and mother immediately after World War II is won by the Allies, titular heroine “Lore” is forced to traverse the dense and dangerous German landscape with her younger siblings in tow, hoping to reach the safe haven of their aunt’s country home before anti-Nazi violence draws their innocent blood. Along the way, the tight-knit family forms an unlikely alliance with a young man who could very well be the key to their survival. Lore’s perspective on life, humanity and the strict indoctrinations instilled in her by kin and countrymen begin to first muddle, and then shift toward some greater realization following the time she and her siblings spend with this mysterious companion. Read more on Snippet Reviews: ‘Lore’ and ‘The Gatekeepers’…
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