The Reader (2008) is a movie based on the novel by the same by Bernhard Schlink in 1995.
The movie stars Kate Winslet in her Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG winning role as NAZI in WW-II with a hidden past but earlier as a seductive woman who goes on to have an affair with a boy half her age, Michael Berg played by German actor David Kross.
The two have an intimate affair that lasts only a summer and Michael begins to fall in love with Hanna (Winslet). The story takes a turn when Hanna suddenly vanishes. The two meet eachother after 8 years however in entirely different circumstances.
Hanna is on trial among several accused women in a case during WW-II as Hanna worked as an SS Guard. As the case continues, Michael (now a law student) finds it harder seeing her on the trial, also never meeting her there. As her case approaches a verdict, Michael comes to know she is innocent and now knows her secret, only he can't prove it and she herself doesn't want to.
Her secret was that she was illiterate and couldn't read and write.
The movies continues and goes through so much of deep emotions.
This movie was one of the best and hadn't Slumdog Millionaire been released that year, the Oscar would have gone to The Reader!
In this movie, Kate Winslet gives her most down-to-earth and most spectacular performance, so does David Kross and Ralph Fiennes. This movie is a bit slow but it is beautiful!
My ratings: 9/10
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