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Godless Youth

2017 · 114 min

A chilly, competitive dystopia that keeps you tense and uneasy as ambition curdles into something darker.

Directed by
Alain Gsponer
Genres
Science fiction, Thriller, Drama
Starring
Jannis Niewöhner, Alicia von Rittberg, Fahri Yardım
Overview
German students compete to enter one of the country's elite schools.

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Directed by
Alain Gsponer
Genres
Science fiction, Thriller, Drama
Starring
Jannis Niewöhner, Alicia von Rittberg, Fahri Yardım
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • ambition
    • power
    • identity
    • betrayal
    Places
    • school
    • big city
    Era
    near-future
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism5
    Romance3
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    science fiction, thriller, drama
    Directed by
    Alain Gsponer
    Written by
    Alex Buresch, Matthias Pacht
    Starring
    Jannis Niewöhner, Alicia von Rittberg, Fahri Yardım, Emilia Schüle, Jannik Schümann, Anna Maria Mühe, Iris Berben, Rainer Bock
    Music
    Enis Rotthoff
    Cinematography
    Frank Lamm
    Runtime
    114 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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