Playful but ultimately pointless. German director Tom Tykwer's handsome romantic thriller once again plays on his pet themes — fate, coincidence and a proverbial figure in the carpet that may or may not be there — with a persistence that's beginning to smack of obsession... or perhaps a talented director spinning his wheels. A mysterious letter sent from a remote, clifftop cottage triggers a chain of events that include a freak accident, a disastrous bank robbery and an unlikely romance between two emotionally bruised strangers. The letter is addressed to Sissi (Franka Potente), a lonely psychiatric nurse who's lived her entire life behind the walls of the ...
Released:
2000
Rated:
R
Length:
130 mins