Overview
Two brothers confront their past while chasing their dreams, revealing the weight of family and loss.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- unflinching
- provocative
- quiet evening
- arthouse cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as an uncompromising and visually accomplished drama anchored by Michael Thomas's extraordinarily deep performance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Richie Bravo sustains a pop-star persona in Rimini while confronting family loss, estrangement, and the collapse of his personal mythology.
The drama unfolds through stark hotel, coastal, and peripheral locations whose visual presence intensifies the characters' isolation.
The brothers leave their mother's funeral for different lives in Romania and Rimini, with both paths shaped by unresolved history.
Richie's continued stage career and fame-seeking behavior contrast with his diminished circumstances and damaged family relationships.
Films like Rimini, and why
The Golden Glove
uncompromising character study, uncomfortable social observation, and bleakly comic European drama
Holy Motors
aging performer, emotional isolation, and austere European auteur filmmaking
A Star Is Born
melancholic music-centered drama about damaged lives and compromised self-invention
Movie Details
- Director
- Ulrich Seidl
- Release Date
- 2022-04-08
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (62)
Cast
- Michael Thomas
- Tessa Göttlicher
- Hans-Michael Rehberg
- Inge Maux
- Claudia Martini
- Georg Friedrich
- Natalija Baranova
- Moumen Abd El Rahman
- Silvana Sansoni
- Rosa Schmidl
Common questions
- What is Rimini about?
- An aging pop entertainer in coastal Rimini clings to a fading stage persona as bereavement and estranged family relationships expose the wreckage beneath his dream of fame.
- What is Rimini like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Rimini as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Rimini violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Rimini as mild.
- What did critics think of Rimini?
- Critics broadly regard the film as an uncompromising and visually accomplished drama anchored by Michael Thomas's extraordinarily deep performance.
- Which films are like Rimini?
- Films with a similar feel include The Golden Glove, Holy Motors, and A Star Is Born.
- How long is Rimini?
- Rimini runs 115 minutes.
