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THE GOLDEN Bear, top prize at the Berlin Film Festival, went to Adina Pintilie’s Touch Me Not, a jury decision that did not go down well with the press.
The first feature from the Romanian artist and film-maker, it's a provocative film about sexuality that follows the journey of three people as they explore their need for, and issues with, physical intimacy.
A tale of sexual obsession, portentous and ultimately unsatisfactory, it features long stretches of graphic nudity and makes for a very long two hours.
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