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Pelican Blood

2020 · 121 min

A slow, unsettling descent into a mother's fraying devotion, blending domestic realism with creeping dread that tightens around you.

Overview
Wiebke, a professional horse trainer, faces a unique challenge when she adopts Raya, a five-year-old girl, who is prone to violent outbursts because of her traumatic past.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • trauma
  • obsession
  • family
  • madness
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller, horror
Directed by
Katrin Gebbe
Written by
Katrin Gebbe
Starring
Nina Hoss, Yana Marinova, Sebastian Rudolph, Murathan Muslu, Sophie Pfennigstorf, Dimitar Banenkin, Adelia-Constance Giovanni Ocleppo, Katerina Lipovska
Music
Johannes Lehniger
Cinematography
Moritz Schultheiß
Runtime
121 min
Country
Bulgaria, Germany
Languages
Hungarian, German

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