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Sooner or Later

2007 · 91 min

A quiet, introspective drama that drifts between a teenager's dreamy inner world and the muted tensions of adult disappointment.

Overview
Nora is fourteen and lives with her parents in a quiet Berlin suburb. She is a romantic introvert who spends her day retreated into her own enchanted dreamworld. Her parents, Anette and Uwe, are busy trying to handle reality; both are wrestling with unrealized hopes and dreams along with the added troubles caused by Anette's return to her studies and Uwe's struggling business. When Thomas, a former lover of Anette's and his family move in next door, the already fragile foundations of Nora's family are rocked.
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • coming-of-age
    • family
    • identity
    • love
    • betrayal
    Places
    • suburbs
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance4
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Ulrike von Ribbeck
    Written by
    Katharina Held, Ulrike von Ribbeck
    Starring
    Peter Lohmeyer, Katharina Heyer, Lola Klamroth, Marie-Lou Sellem, Harald Schrott, Fabian Hinrichs, Imke Büchel, Barbara Philipp
    Cinematography
    Sonja Rom
    Runtime
    91 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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