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Hannah

2007 · 90 min

A quiet, unsettling character study that draws you into a woman's guarded inner world as buried memories slowly surface.

Directed by: Erica von Moeller
Genres: Drama
Starring: Nina Hoss, Isabel Bongard, Wolfram Koch

Overview: A picturesque blonde beauty constructs an impenetrable emotional wall that neither her parents, her boyfriend, nor her colleague can penetrate. Hannah may appear perfect on the surface, but her inner demons are slowly consuming her. A photo lab developer who rarely ventures out of her well-fortified apartment, Hannah finds that her repressed memories are unexpectedly jogged by a series of old photographs.

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Directed by: Erica von Moeller
Genres: Drama
Starring: Nina Hoss, Isabel Bongard, Wolfram Koch

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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
memory
trauma
identity
family
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Erica von Moeller
Written by: Sönke Lars Neuwöhner
Starring: Nina Hoss, Isabel Bongard, Wolfram Koch, Matthias Brandt, Marie-Lou Sellem, Milan Peschel, Max Hopp, Stefan Rudolf
Cinematography: Sophie Maintigneux
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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