Barbara Auer

Second Family

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Schramm Film

MOVIE REVIEW

Miroirs No. 3 (2025)

Christian Petzold continues the exploration of his favorite theme – doubles – with “Miroirs No. 3.” Named after a Maurice Ravel composition, the film is apparently a modern Brothers Grimm fairytale per the German auteur during a post-screening Q&A at the film’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight world premiere. He’s surprisingly frazzled in person, polar opposite of the clinical precision his work projects. This is a story about doppelgängers, but with a twist.

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