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Too Hard to Handle

2016 · 117 min

A breezy, talky character comedy about an abrasive woman learning to soften, mixing cringe laughs with gentle warmth.

Directed by
Laura Lackmann
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Claudia Eisinger, Katja Riemann, Barbara Schöne
Overview
It's no surprise when Karo is fired. She is loud, over-emotional and egocentric, more so than the average Berliner wise-ass, says her best friend Anna. Karo is not one to give up easily, though: she opts for radical change and goes into therapy. Although her therapist advises her to keep calm, Karo throws herself into it.

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Directed by
Laura Lackmann
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Claudia Eisinger, Katja Riemann, Barbara Schöne
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • identity
  • friendship
  • healing
  • work
  • family
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Laura Lackmann
Written by
Laura Lackmann
Starring
Claudia Eisinger, Katja Riemann, Barbara Schöne, Laura Tonke, Emelie Harbrecht, Max Bretschneider, Christoph Letkowski, Maren Kroymann
Cinematography
Sten Mende
Runtime
117 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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