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Hitte/Harara

2008 · 105 min

A tense, earnest road trip that slowly turns unsettling, leaving a lingering emotional weight.

Directed by
Lodewijk Crijns
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bracha van Doesburgh, Nabila Marhaben, Horace Cohen
Overview
Two friends, the Dutch-Moroccan Raja and the Dutch Nancy are both about twenty years old and travel by car to Morocco to buy furniture for their new henna- and nail studio. They see life as a challenge and because of their close friendship, they feel they can take on anything. But during their trip something happens, which has a big impact on the lives of the two girls..

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Directed by
Lodewijk Crijns
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bracha van Doesburgh, Nabila Marhaben, Horace Cohen
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • trauma
  • survival
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Lodewijk Crijns
Starring
Bracha van Doesburgh, Nabila Marhaben, Horace Cohen, Fehd El Ouali, Abdullah el Baoudi, Wimie Wilhelm, Sabri Saad El-Hamus
Runtime
105 min
Languages
Arabic, Dutch

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