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Family Fever

2014 · 78 min

A light, wry comedy of manners where awkward family tensions simmer under polite conversation, offering gentle laughs and cringe-inducing moments.

Directed by
Nico Sommer
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Deborah Kaufmann, Kathrin Waligura, Jörg Witte
Overview
Whereas the marriage of Maja and Uwe Rath bobs along in a boring routine, daughter Alina is freshly in love with Nico. And because the young couple are serious about each other, the parents must become acquainted. That the Ohnsorg family lives in a proper castle on the outskirts of Berlin is only a problem for Uwe because Maja is facing an entirely different one: Papa Ohnsorg turns out to be her secret lover Stefan. Neither of them is letting on anything and they are glad when the good-byes are finally approaching. However, Uwe’s broken down car bestows the Ohnsorg and the Rath family with a weekend together, during which more than one bomb will be dropped.

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Directed by
Nico Sommer
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Deborah Kaufmann, Kathrin Waligura, Jörg Witte
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • betrayal
  • love
  • class
  • deception
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Nico Sommer
Starring
Deborah Kaufmann, Kathrin Waligura, Jörg Witte, Peter Trabner, Anais Urban, Jan Amazigh Sid
Runtime
78 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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