Return to Montauk
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{{Infobox film
|name = Return to Montauk
|image = Rückkehr nach Montauk.jpg
|caption =
|director = Volker Schlöndorff
|producer = Regina Ziegler
Til Schweiger
Stéphane Parthenay
Francis Boespflug
Conor Barry
Mike Downey
Sam Taylor
Holger Reibiger
|writer = Volker Schlöndorff
Colm Tóibín
|based_on = {{based on|Montauk|Max Frisch}}
|starring = Stellan Skarsgård
Nina Hoss
Niels Arestrup
|music = Max Richter
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
Thomas Bartlett
|cinematography = Jérôme Alméras
|editing = Hervé Schneid
|released = {{Film date|2017|2|15|Berlin|df=yes}}
|studio = Gaumont Film Company
Volksfilm
Ziegler Film
|distributor = Wild Bunch
|runtime = 105 minutes
|country = Germany, France, Ireland
|language = English
|gross = $330,000{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3612771585/weekend/|title=Return to Montauk|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb|access-date=17 August 2021}}
}}
Return to Montauk (Rückkehr nach Montauk) is a 2017 German drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff.{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2017/02_programm_2017/02_filmdatenblatt_2017_201719812.html|title=Rückkehr nach Montauk: Schlöndorff dreht mit Nina Hoss|publisher=Berlin International Film Festival|access-date=17 August 2021}} It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2017/02_programm_2017/02_programm_2017.html|title=Press Releases Competition 67th Berlinale - Competition and Berlinale Special - Danny Boyle, Hong Sangsoo, Thomas Arslan, Volker Schlöndorff, Sabu, Álex de la Iglesia and Josef Hader's Directorial Debut in the Competition Programme|work=Berlinale|date=10 January 2017|access-date=17 August 2021}}
Plot
During a book tour in the United States, Max meets and falls in love with a young woman. Many years later, Max returns to the United States, hoping to reunite with his former lover during a weekend on Long Island in Montauk.
The plot is broadly inspired by Max Frisch's 1975 novel Montauk.
Cast
{{Right|File:Wolff, Schlöndorff and Hoss at the 2017 Berlinale.jpg}}
- Stellan Skarsgård as Max Zorn
- Nina Hoss as Rebecca
- Niels Arestrup as Walter
- Susanne Wolff as Clara
- Bronagh Gallagher as Rachel
- {{ill|Robert Seeliger|de}} as Jonathan
- Isioma Laborde-Edozien as Lindsey
- Paul Bonin as Wally
- {{ill|Mathias Sanders|de}} as Mark McDonald
- Daniel Brunet as designer
- Ray Wiederhold as the doorman
- Olga Lezhneva as girl
Production
The shooting started in New York City and Long Island in April 2016.{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/global/volker-schlondorff-return-to-montauk-stellan-skarsgard-1201767273/|last=Barraclough|first=Leo|title=Cannes: Volker Schlondorff Shoots Return to Montauk with Stellan Skarsgard|magazine=Variety|date=5 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2016-05-07-margarethe-von-trotta-and-pam-katz-in-conversation-on-the-set-of-return-to-montauk-feature-story-by-anne-katrin-titze|last=Titze|first=Anne-Katrin|title=Telling a secret story|access-date=17 August 2021}}
Reception
Donald Clarke in The Irish Times, wrote that "this Colm Tóibín-assisted effort has none of the warmth of his best work".{{cite news|first=Donald |last=Clarke |date=6 October 2017 |title=Return to Montauk review: Sadly this Colm Tóibín-assisted effort has none of the warmth of his best work |newspaper=The Irish Times |volume= |issue= |pages= |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/return-to-montauk-review-a-cold-but-classy-concoction-1.3242653 }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|5247776}}
{{Volker Schlöndorff}}
{{Colm Tóibín}}
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Category:English-language German films
Category:English-language French films
Category:Films directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Category:Films based on Swiss novels
Category:Films scored by Max Richter
Category:Films shot in New York City
Category:Films shot in New York (state)
Category:2010s English-language films
Category:Adaptations of works by Max Frisch
Category:English-language drama films
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