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Animals

2017 · 95 min

A disorienting alpine descent into marital suspicion, where reality quietly slips and you're never sure what's real.

Directed by: Greg Zglinski
Genres: Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Birgit Minichmayr, Philipp Hochmair, Mona Petri

Overview: Nick and Anna are off to Switzerland for six months. Nick, a chef, wants to collect recipes of local cuisine and Anna hopes to write a new book. The journey can also be good for their relationship, because Anna suspects that Nick had an affair with other woman. Meanwhile, Mischa will take care of their Viennese apartment.

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Directed by: Greg Zglinski
Genres: Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Birgit Minichmayr, Philipp Hochmair, Mona Petri

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
betrayal
obsession
isolation
deception
Places: countryside
single country house
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: unreliable narrator
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: thriller, mystery
Directed by: Greg Zglinski
Written by: Jörg Kalt, Greg Zglinski
Starring: Birgit Minichmayr, Philipp Hochmair, Mona Petri, Mehdi Nebbou, Michael Ostrowski, Philip Lenkowsky
Music: Bartosz Chajdecki
Cinematography: Piotr Jaxa
Runtime: 95 min
Country: Switzerland, Poland, Austria
Languages: German, French, English

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