Directed by Volker Schlöndorff (Death of a Salesman; Diplomacy; The Handmaid's Tale; The Tin Drum) and starring Stellan Skarsgård (Good Will Hunting; Our Kind of Traitor; Hector and the Search for Happiness; In Order of Disappearance; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Bronagh Gallagher () and Nina Hoss ().

Drama; 106 mins; children admitted

Based on the novel Montauk by Swiss writer Max Frisch, the film is about a writer on a promotional book tour in New York catching up with his past. The author Max Zorn (Stellan Skarsgård) is now in his early 60s, is in New York with his wife Clara (Susanne Wolff), with whom he appears to have a loving relationship.

However, deep down there appears to be an uease as he reads different excerpts from his book at different readings. He laughs it off as fiction, but the storyline is about the protagonist (author?) and his reconnecting with a woman with whom he had had an affair 17 years ago. Max, through his agent, tracks down Rebecca (Nina Hoss) who initially does not want to meet him. However, circumstances entail that they go by car for the drive to Montauk. What starts off as a day trip ends up being for a bit longer...

The main tagline for this film sums it up perfectly: Can there be a future for their past?

A stylistic and atmospheric drama with great cinematography and some philosophical dialogue which could have achieved more. The acting at times is good, but the consistency is not maintained throughout.