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Das Muschelessen

A tense, claustrophobic family dinner where polite conversation slowly curdles into something cruel and unsettling.

Directed by
Michael Venus
Genres
Drama
Overview
A house in a nice neighborhood. Mother, daughter, and son wait for the father to arrive for dinner. The idyll is deceptive. They pass the time and stave off their fear of his arrival with wine and gallows humor. Their increasingly ruthless exchange of suppressed truths escalates until there is no turning back.

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Directed by
Michael Venus
Genres
Drama
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • isolation
    • betrayal
    • guilt
    • power
    Places
    • home
    • suburbs
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • single location
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language strong
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror3
    Humour4
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension7
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Michael Venus
    Written by
    Gro Swantje Kohlhof, Michael Venus
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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