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Yella

Yella

2007
Romance, Drama
1h 29m
Yella (Nina Hoss) is a business-savvy divorcee based in the sleepy East German town of Wittenberge. Looking to make a clean break with her past, she accepts a job as an accountant for a company in Hanover, but tragedy strikes when her resentful ex-husband trys to kill her by careering his Land Rover into the Elbe. Managing to claw herself away from the wreckage, she eventually reaches her destination but discovers the job she was promised doesn't exist. (Time Out London)

Yella

2007
Romance, Drama
1h 29m
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Rated 30 Mar 2020
75
69th
petzold'un gözlemleri ve onları aktarışında tuhaf bir çekicilik var. janr sinemasını günün içine oturtuyor gibi her filminde. gayet ezber bir sosyal drama olabilecekken ve esasen ondan farklı bir şey de söylemiyorken o doğru "mesajın" bu kadar zarifçe kurulup estetize ediliyor olması hayli şaşırtıcı.
Rated 16 Feb 2020
70
62nd
Not sure I am buying the story or the main character, but Petzold's sure-handed direction keep it very watchable nonetheless.
Rated 09 Feb 2020
60
28th
"It's all a dream" BS, and even though the ending does make you think back through how the narrative has been crafted, I'd rather have a better answer for the confusions. Some great hallucinatory scenes. An interesting depiction of a world in which personal relationships are controlled by the whims of business.
Rated 22 Jul 2017
60
40th
This is an uncredited (as far as I know) remake of a cultishly adored 60s American no-budget horror movie, recast as a political allegory about the remaining divide between former East and West Germany (I think). An odd experiment. Maybe I would like it more after a second viewing. The first time I was just like, "No way. This can't just be a glossy, 'respectable' update of [Movie X]. This....oh, wow, it is."
Rated 01 May 2014
70
19th
After completely falling in love with the slow-burn tactics of Petzold's Barbara, I was extremely let down by Yella, a film that never sustains any sort of tension and, were it not for Nina Hoss' compelling screen presence, would never have anything interesting going on at all. A dud of a psychological thriller.
Rated 10 Jan 2013
78
57th
Nina Hoss is always incredibly watchable, especially in roles like this where she sits around silently a lot, listening, judging, and rolling those huge eyes so expressively. Story-wise I thought the first third was very promising, followed by a gradual decline and disappointing conclusion. Ok, there was some interesting symbolism going on, patterns and repetitions and psychological games to keep our minds ticking, but all to what end? Definitely one of Petzold's weaker scripts.
Rated 22 Mar 2011
80
73rd
Although not much happens, there is a constant, remarkable tension throughout the whole film. Petzold is a great observer.
Rated 08 Nov 2010
15
21st
"Far less concerned with character development than with bludgeoning clues to the drama's true nature." - Nick Schager

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