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Places in Cities

1999 · 117 min

Quiet, drifting and observational, it follows a lonely young woman through cities with detached patience, asking you to sit with her unease.

Overview
Mimmi is a very lonely girl, not knowing what to do with her life. On the search for friends and boyfriends, she wanders around alone in different cities.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • loneliness
  • coming-of-age
  • sexuality
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Sophie Aigner, Vincent Branchet, Katharina Eckerfeld, Martin Jackowski, Friederike Kammer, Jérôme Robart, Michael Sideris, Marie-Lou Sellem
Cinematography
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Runtime
117 min
Country
Germany
Languages
French, German

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