Eine Affäre - Verbotene Liebe

I liked it. Real, believable characters, slow but intense development of the story. This actress is amazing - I felt for her and hated her at the same time. Good cinema

During this movie I found myself watching this woman, doing and taking it all wrong from the start. And as I was starting to judge her I couldn't help but feel for her. With that being said, I cannot understand why they describe the movie as a thriller, for if it is, it must be a very light form of it. Secondly, it's never proven if she was followed or stalked by anyone, and if she was, it wasn't proven by whom. Anyways, good movie.

This movie surprised me by how much kept me invested with the story. It's not for everyone and takes turns that other films wouldn't. But aside from its flaws, it is a steamy and well crafted character driven drama with erotism.

At the start it seems like Markus is stalking Anita (not confirmed) , but very quickly turns other way around. Anita is obsessed with Markus and does unforgivable things. Not a thriller in the slightest but a warning example of female stalkers and predatory behavior.

It is thouroughly hard to sympathize with any of the characters in the movie. They are all doing stupid actions over and over again, in the sake of "lust". Many of the scenes are thouroughly unbeliveable in the way they are portrayed. Also, the nordic noir style of the movie seems unappropriate. The actors are doing a decent job with the material they are given, but when your actors are realistically representing unsympathetic characters, in a story that seems unrealistic, then it is hard to be engaged in what is happening.