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Hands of a Mother

2016 · 106 min

A quiet, suffocating reckoning with buried family trauma that unfolds with painful restraint and lingering unease.

Directed by
Florian Eichinger
Genres
Drama
Starring
Andreas Döhler, Jessica Schwarz, Katrin Pollitt
Overview
A family reunion aboard a ship becomes a turning point in the life of 39-year-old engineer Markus. When his son Adam (4) gets a little cut after going to the bathroom with his grandmother Renate, Markus recalls for the first time what his mother did to him when he was a little boy. Markus and his wife Monika find themselves confronted with an ugly truth of the kind you wouldn’t think a mother capable of.

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Directed by
Florian Eichinger
Genres
Drama
Starring
Andreas Döhler, Jessica Schwarz, Katrin Pollitt
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • family
  • memory
  • guilt
  • parenthood
Places
  • sea
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Florian Eichinger
Starring
Andreas Döhler, Jessica Schwarz, Katrin Pollitt, Heiko Pinkowski, Ursula Werner, Katharina Behrens, Sebastian Fräsdorf, Falk Rockstroh
Music
André Feldhaus
Cinematography
Timo Schwarz
Runtime
106 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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