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Schroeder's Wonderful World

2007 · 114 min

A wry, grounded comedy-drama about stubborn optimism and small-town resistance, with a bittersweet edge.

Overview: A gigantic investment project brings assistant Frank Schröder back to his home, the border triangle. Torn between appropriation, small-mindedness and rivalries, his plan for a major collaboration threatens to fail. But Schröder does not give up and manages to turn things around. But then his boss wants to go wolf hunting.
How it feels: Earnest, satirical, warm and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Ambition, family, class, work
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
family
class
work
identity
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild