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Elbow

2024 · 87 min

A tense, melancholic coming-of-age story that feels raw and urgent, with a young woman's desperate search for belonging.

Directed by
Aslı Özarslan
Genres
Drama
Starring
Melia Kara, Jamilah Bagdach, Asya Utku
Overview
Hazal is 17 and lives in Berlin. Her biggest wish: to be given a chance. For her 18th birthday she wants to escape the everyday grind and party with her friends. But an incident changes everything. Hazal is forced to flee.

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Directed by
Aslı Özarslan
Genres
Drama
Starring
Melia Kara, Jamilah Bagdach, Asya Utku
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • isolation
  • survival
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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