Movie

Berlin Alexanderplatz

2020 · 184 min

A long, heavy plunge into a migrant's unraveling life in a hostile city, beautiful and brutal, demanding patience and rewarding it with sorrow.

Overview: In 2015, thirty year old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat that illegally crossed the Mediterranean, is drawn into Berlin's seedy underbelly.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Survival, isolation, guilt, corruption
Content: Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
guilt
corruption
redemption
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong