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Wolfsbergen

2007 · 93 min

A quiet, emotionally heavy chamber piece that unfolds slowly, asking patience as it traces a family's unspoken tensions and grief.

Directed by: Nanouk Leopold
Genres: Drama
Starring: Piet Kamerman, Catherine ten Bruggencate, Jan Decleir

Overview: Konraad, 83, has written a letter to his relatives saying he wants to die. Maria, Konraad's daughter and only child, refuses to discuss her fathers wish. Instead, she wants to move him to a flat for elderly people. Her two grown daughters Sabine and Eva have problems of their own. Sabine has a troubled marriage and her eldest daughter Haas is too wise for her age. Eva is in therapy, recovering from an abortion. Ernst, Marias husband, is the only one who takes an interest. He decides to help Konraad realize his last wish. In doing so, he crosses his wife and increases the already existing distance between them.

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Directed by: Nanouk Leopold
Genres: Drama
Starring: Piet Kamerman, Catherine ten Bruggencate, Jan Decleir

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 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: family
death
grief
isolation
identity
Places: single country house
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Realism	9
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Tension	4
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Nanouk Leopold
Written by: Nanouk Leopold
Starring: Piet Kamerman, Catherine ten Bruggencate, Jan Decleir, Tamar van den Dop, Fedja van Huêt, Karina Smulders, Merel van Houts, Carmen Lith
Runtime: 93 min
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Languages: French, Dutch

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