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Hoselupf

2011 · 95 min

A genial city outsider wanders into a rustic sporting tradition, meeting it with curiosity and gentle humour; it feels like a warm, unhurried cultural travelogue.

Directed by: This Lüscher
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Beat Schlatter

Overview: A documentary tribute to Switzerland's number one national sport: Swiss wrestling. With a wink but nonetheless serious, Zurich resident and wrestling novice Beat Schlatter guides us through the film as presenter. In search of the soul and fascination of wrestling, he tentatively explores a world completely foreign to him, one marked by a dividing line between city and country, which he attempts to bridge.

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Directed by: This Lüscher
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Beat Schlatter

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: sport
identity
class
trauma
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	1
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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