Sioux Falls Feminists endorse The Free Will for showing us the
true horror of a sexual attack and the perpetrator's desperate
attempt to deal with his drives and anger. Not a pretty movie.

The Free Will

The Free Will (2008) - 163 minutes
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Winner of a prestigious Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, German auteur Matthias Glasner's brave and complex drama contemplates the terror of loneliness and whether love can be a salvation to damaged psyches. The Free Will stars co-writer Jurgen Vogel (whose raw performance won him Best Actor awards at both Tribeca and Chicago) as Theo, a convicted sexual predator who has just been released from psychiatric detention. His fear of women stirs a profound, unfulfilled longing within him, making his reintegration into society an unbearable ordeal. Can hope exist in his budding relationship with Nettie (Sabine Timoteo), herself a victim of abuse, as they embark on a journey to the limits of free will? With a slyly stylized balance of brutal suspense and hesitant hopefulness, Glasner's emotional directness is never less than compassionate.

The Free Will

Sioux Falls Feminists endorse The Free Will for showing us the
true horror of a sexual attack and the perpetrator's desperate
attempt to deal with his drives and anger. Not a pretty movie.