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Mutter auf der Palme

2002

A breezy, gently comic escape story about a fed-up housewife pushing back against domestic drudgery.

Directed by
Dror Zahavi
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Saskia Vester, Florian Martens, Antonia Holfelder
Overview
Helen doesn't want any more. She has "ironed herself sick, served herself to death and cooked herself stupid".

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Directed by
Dror Zahavi
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Saskia Vester, Florian Martens, Antonia Holfelder
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 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
  • family
  • identity
  • freedom
  • work
  • gender
Places
  • home
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Dror Zahavi
Starring
Saskia Vester, Florian Martens, Antonia Holfelder, Uwe Rohde
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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