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The Leading Man

1977 · 91 min

A raw, slow-burning portrait of rural hardship and sudden attention, mixing grim family tension with a wry look at filmmaking.

Overview
Pepe is 15. His life in social misery changes completely when he is chosen as the main character of a film production. Shot on location where he lives with his primitive, brutal and authoritarian father, a pig farmer.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • power
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Reinhard Hauff
Written by
Reinhard Hauff, Christel Buschmann
Starring
Michael Schweiger, Mario Adorf, Vadim Glowna, Rolf Zacher, Hans Brenner, Doris Dörrie, Claus-Dieter Reents
Cinematography
Frank Brühne
Runtime
91 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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