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Nixen

2018 · 82 min

A quiet, uneasy character study of two sisters drifting apart, prickling with unspoken resentment and fragile hope.

Directed by: Katinka Narjes
Starring: Odine Johne, Lucy Wirth, Emelie Harbrecht

Overview: Two sisters' lives are in limbo. In their youth, Nene and Ava were a singing duo. Now there is a child, a job at a café, a boyfriend, and their mother, who is still critical of them. One sister secretly arranges a gig for both of them, and the other smashes her life to pieces because of a feeling. Suddenly it seems possible and necessary to leave one's comfort zone.

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Directed by: Katinka Narjes
Starring: Odine Johne, Lucy Wirth, Emelie Harbrecht

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 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: family
identity
isolation
ambition
memory
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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