Der Liebe verfallen (1984)
25KDer Liebe verfallen: Directed by Ulu Grosbard. With Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Harvey Keitel, Jane Kaczmarek. Although they live married lives, two strangers keep running into each other, starting a friendship that could blossom into so much more.
“Iu0026#39;ll write more when I have more time. For now, after having read Mr. Maltinu0026#39;s brief critique of this film (u0026quot;dull scriptu0026quot;), I must say that I couldnu0026#39;t disagree more. This is a superb, quiet little gem. Itu0026#39;s very realistic, and I bet it fared much better in Europe than here in the States. Itu0026#39;s a portrait of two married people who happen to run into each other one day while Christmas shopping, and then again a few months later on the train. As they take the same route most days every week, they begin to strike up a friendship that eventually deepens. Watching both DeNirou0026#39;s and Streepu0026#39;s expressions alone, in long moments of no dialog, are worth the price of the rental, or the time to watch it on cable. And, the film is a bit suspenseful because you think that there might be a chance that the ending might go the other way; but, I donu0026#39;t want to give too much away. However, it is a Hollywood picture. So, enough said.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAt any rate, I just love films that take place in New York but that arenu0026#39;t completely violent (with the exception of anything Scorsese directs) or show some of its worst parts. This is a pleasant, quiet, sweet, rather serious, and sometimes sad film that paints a very realistic portrait of marriage and infidelity. Itu0026#39;s worth watching for these two acting Goliaths alone.”
