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Momo

1986 · 101 min

A gentle, melancholic fantasy that feels like a fairy tale about time, with eerie villains and a warm child hero.

Directed by
Johannes Schaaf
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Science fiction
Overview
Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time, nobody has any time left for her, let alone their friends or families. Momo, together with Master Hora, the custodian of time, are the only ones who can go up against the time thieves before all is lost forever.

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Directed by
Johannes Schaaf
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Science fiction
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • friendship
  • greed
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • fate
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour4
Realism4
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, fantasy, science fiction, family, mystery
Directed by
Johannes Schaaf
Written by
Johannes Schaaf, Marcello Coscia, Rosemarie Fendel
Starring
Radost Bokel, Mario Adorf, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Leopoldo Trieste, Ninetto Davoli, Bruno Stori, Elide Melli, Francesco De Rosa
Music
Angelo Branduardi
Cinematography
Xaver Schwarzenberger
Runtime
101 min
Country
Germany, Italy
Languages
German

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