Coup de Grace

Schloendorff's intelligence and talent are apparent but Coup de Grace is rather tedious and does not approach the level of Torless, Katharina Blum, or The Tin Drum.

Nicely done black & white cinematography, and the actors were all pretty good. But oh my lord, this movie was dull. I think there were maybe 4 minutes total where I wasn't bored to tears. I didn't care about the emotional content (which felt rather inauthentic to me). I didn't care about the historical context. I didn't care about the political subtext. I didn't care about any of it, and in a way I kind of hate myself for sitting through the whole thing.

One of the more moving endings out there.