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I Feel Like Disco

2013 · 98 min

A gentle, bittersweet coming-of-age story that balances warmth and melancholy as it explores first love and loss.

Directed by: Axel Ranisch
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Heiko Pinkowski, Christina Große, Rosa von Praunheim

Overview: A youth in middle of self-discovery, offending with his father, just discovering his sexuality and hiding it again. A boy who's often lonely loses a loved one and is in love with the wrong one.

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Directed by: Axel Ranisch
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Heiko Pinkowski, Christina Große, Rosa von Praunheim

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
sexuality
grief
family
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Axel Ranisch
Written by: Axel Ranisch
Starring: Heiko Pinkowski, Christina Große, Rosa von Praunheim, Talisa Lilly Lemke, Robert Alexander Baer, Frithjof Gawenda, Hardy Schwetter, Petra Hartung
Cinematography: Dennis Pauls
Runtime: 98 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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