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The Ground Beneath My Feet

2019 · 108 min

A cool, controlled surface slowly cracking under grief and pressure, leaving you uneasy and quietly devastated.

Directed by
Marie Kreutzer
Genres
Drama
Starring
Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger, Mavie Hörbiger
Overview
Lola controls her personal life with the same ruthless efficiency she uses to optimize profits in her job as a business consultant. But when a tragic event forces the past back into her life, Lola's grip on reality seems to slips away.

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Directed by
Marie Kreutzer
Genres
Drama
Starring
Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger, Mavie Hörbiger
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 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
  • grief
  • isolation
  • identity
  • family
  • work
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger, Mavie Hörbiger, Michelle Barthel, Marc Benjamin, Axel Sichrovsky, Dominic Marcus Singer, Meo Wulf
Cinematography
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Runtime
108 min
Country
Austria
Languages
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