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Me and Kaminski

2015 · 124 min

A wry, meandering road movie that balances cynical ambition with gentle absurdity, leaving a quiet, bittersweet aftertaste.

Directed by
Wolfgang Becker
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Daniel Brühl, Jesper Christensen, Amira Casar
Overview
Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.

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Directed by
Wolfgang Becker
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Daniel Brühl, Jesper Christensen, Amira Casar
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • art
  • obsession
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Wolfgang Becker
Written by
Wolfgang Becker, Thomas Wendrich
Starring
Daniel Brühl, Jesper Christensen, Amira Casar, Geraldine Chaplin, Denis Lavant, Bruno Cathomas, Jördis Triebel, Jan Decleir
Music
Lorenz Dangel
Cinematography
Jürgen Jürges
Runtime
124 min
Country
Germany, France
Languages
German, French

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