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Lea (1996)

Lea (1996)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 1996, December 12
Directors: Ivan Fíla
Countries: Czech Republic, Germany
Production: Ivan Fila Filmproduktion, Avista Film, Avista Film, Barrandov Studio, Barrandov Studio
Cast: Udo Kier, Hanna Schygulla, Christian Redl, Oliver Stritzel, Gerd Lohmeyer, Lenka Vlasáková, Miroslav Donutil, Herman van Ulzen, Zuzana Kronerová, Stano Dančiak, Ján Melkovič, Soňa Valentová

Overview:

51-year-old Herbert Strehlow, a furniture restorer, falls in love with 21-year-old Lea, who has not spoken a word since childhood when her father killed her mother. She bears a striking resemblance to Herbert's dead wife. They get married, but their relationship seems doomed, until gradually each one manages to penetrate the mysterious world of the other, and they begin to realize that they are bound by a kind of spiritual relationship. For Lea it is the death of her mother, for Herbert it is the death of his first wife. His hard exterior slowly beings to thaw, and he starts to show feelings and responses that soften Lea's initial hatred and fear of him, and which put their relationship in a more positive light.