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Let Me Go

  • 2017
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
323
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Let Me Go (2017)
A film about mothers and daughters, it is about ghosts from the past and the impact they leave on the present.
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Spanning generations, a woman abandoned by her mother confronts ghosts of the past. When she learns her mother is dying, her granddaughter accompanies her to Vienna, unraveling dark family s... Read allSpanning generations, a woman abandoned by her mother confronts ghosts of the past. When she learns her mother is dying, her granddaughter accompanies her to Vienna, unraveling dark family secrets.Spanning generations, a woman abandoned by her mother confronts ghosts of the past. When she learns her mother is dying, her granddaughter accompanies her to Vienna, unraveling dark family secrets.

  • Director
    • Polly Steele
  • Writer
    • Polly Steele
  • Stars
    • Juliet Stevenson
    • Jodhi May
    • Lucy Boynton
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    323
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Polly Steele
    • Writer
      • Polly Steele
    • Stars
      • Juliet Stevenson
      • Jodhi May
      • Lucy Boynton
    • 18User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Juliet Stevenson
    Juliet Stevenson
    • Helga
    Jodhi May
    Jodhi May
    • Beth
    Lucy Boynton
    Lucy Boynton
    • Emily
    Karin Bertling
    Karin Bertling
    • Traudi
    Stanley Weber
    Stanley Weber
    • Serge
    Éva Magyar
    Éva Magyar
    • Eva
    Abhin Galeya
    Abhin Galeya
    • Chris
    Lioba de Graaff
    • Young Helga
    Elizabeth Webster
    Elizabeth Webster
    • Dani
    Simona Hughes
    • Fraulein Adler
    Lou Rhodes
    • Nightclub Singer
    Justin Butcher
    Justin Butcher
    • Ralph
    Justin Smalley
    • Barman in Jazz Club
    Andrew Murton
    • Drunk Man
    • (as Andy Murton)
    Elena Platon
    • Serge's Ex
    Matteo Darius Armore
    • Serge's Son
    Tom Bezani
    Tom Bezani
    • Barman in Serge's Bar
    • (as Thomas A. Cowper Wood)
    Sevda Levent Costner
    Sevda Levent Costner
    • Katerina. Waitress in Beer Garden
    • (as Sevda Levent)
    • Director
      • Polly Steele
    • Writer
      • Polly Steele
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    10daviddlightfoot

    The Most Powerful Movie of 2017

    Let Me Go is one of if not the most important movie released in 2017 because of the unique approach to addressing the most appalling of family secrets. The polished cast, impeccable directing, and amazing soundtrack provide the audience with a brilliant movie experience. Each actress in this incredible ensemble cast is able to carve out their own unique character with complex connections to each of the generations represented. Juliet Stevenson delivers what could be the most superb performance of her already notable career.
    10adacosta-82222

    One of the best independent films in a long time

    It has been a long time since a film has been able to make me re-think human attributes and wonder how my upbringing, actions and life has been formed by historical events. I give this film 10 stars because I left with fresh insight. The characters were well developed, authentic and suitably cast. There were many poignant scenes juxtaposed against the peace and beauty of the woods, London and Vienna.
    10markniznik-02542

    A moving film that draws you in

    Powerful as it's based on a true story. Great casting of the main characters. Although the film is about how a family comes to terms with issues of the past, it has many parallels to what's going on around us in the world today. Fantastic soundtrack and camera work. I'd thoroughly recommend seeing this film.
    9charliemcginty-48314

    A generational odyssey of dark revelation and emotional turmoil!

    Based upon the true life memoire of Helga Schneider, Let Me Go explores the effect of abandonment and its rippling impact on family relationships; in this instance between four generations of women in the same family. A fantastic cast led by Juliet Stevenson (Truly Madly Deeply) playing Helga deliver on a thoughtful emotional and superbly adapted screenplay from Polly Steele (who also directs this independently financed piece – prize winning at Bentonville for the ensemble cast and part of the official selection for the Edinburgh Film Festival). Set in the London of 2000, we meet Helga as a woman working as a dressmaker in London who receives an unsettling letter and puts it away as her granddaughter calls into the shop. With a bit of cajoling by the granddaughter, Emily (Lucy Boynton – Sing Street), we learn Helga's cousin, Eva, has written from Vienna to say that Helga's mother, Traudi is close to death in a nursing home. That sad news is not only a revelation for Emily and Helga's own daughter, Beth (as a somewhat lost soul and free spirit by Jodhi May) as neither were aware of a Traudi's being alive, but it is clear that Helga doesn't want to talk about the estrangement. It is only with some interweaving of flashbacks and Helga's own reluctant partial remarks that we learn that 60 years earlier Helga (then only four years old), is left in wartime Germany by Traudi to the care of an aunt. Traudi embodies many contradictions as both vulnerable, needy and confused old woman in a care home, but then at times revealing that she is sharp, devious and quite wicked. Without doubt played brilliantly by Swedish actress, Karin Bertling (The Bridge and Wallander). Emily's naïve excitement at discovering she has a long lost great- grandmother and her genuine affection for Helga sees her wheedling onto the trip to Vienna where we then get to follow not only the tides of Helga and Traudi's lives, but to see the unmistakable effects that mark Beth and Emily with the inevitable unravelling of family secrets and guilt. Underpinned by a moving and sympathetic soundtrack composed by Phil Selway (Radiohead) beautifully using a string quartet to mirror the main protagonists and the beautiful and poignant settings in and around Vienna, this film makes one think about the very essence of life, relationships and family ties. Bravo to the UPP for giving this two sold out shows and I hope there may be a growing take up of this small masterpiece of storytelling.

    CHARLIE MCGINTY
    8gilesrobbins

    Stunning Performances

    Let Me Go is a thoroughly engaging film which is both entertaining and at times shocking. It brings into sharp focus the enduring and absolute nature of human evil and its affect on future generations. The film is beautifully shot and the performances by Juliet Stevenson and Karin Bertling are stunning.

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    • Release date
      • September 15, 2017 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Austria
    • Official site
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    • Languages
      • German
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La huella del pasado
    • Filming locations
      • Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Evolutionary Films
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      • $17,653
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 41m(101 min)
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