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Above Us Only Sky

2011 · 87 min

A quiet, unsettling study of grief and betrayal that keeps you at a distance while slowly revealing emotional devastation.

Directed by: Jan Schomburg
Genres: Drama
Starring: Sandra Hüller, Georg Friedrich, Felix Knopp

Overview: A woman discovers the man she has lived with for years is not who she thought he was...

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Directed by: Jan Schomburg
Genres: Drama
Starring: Sandra Hüller, Georg Friedrich, Felix Knopp

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
identity
deception
isolation
betrayal
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Jan Schomburg
Written by: Jan Schomburg
Starring: Sandra Hüller, Georg Friedrich, Felix Knopp, Kathrin Wehlisch, Valery Tscheplanowa, Stephan Grossmann, Aljoscha Stadelmann, Piet Fuchs
Runtime: 87 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German, English

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