Strangers forge a powerful bond after a car crash in 'Miroirs No. 3'

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'Miroirs No.3' review: Strangers bond after a car crash After the sudden death of her boyfriend, a young Berlin woman is taken in by a family she meets in the countryside. In showing the ache of love and loss, Miroirs No. 3 holds up a mirror to us all.

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Strangers forge a powerful bond after a car crash in 'Miroirs No. 3'

March 27, 202612:44 PM ET

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Paula Beer (center) and Barbara Auer (right) in Miroirs No. 3.

The title of the quietly haunting new film, Miroirs No. 3, comes from a piano piece by Ravel that beautifully evokes the movements of a boat sailing in the ocean. It's no surprise that such music would appeal to the superb German filmmaker Christian Petzold; in movies like the enigmatic ref