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Ella

2018 · 9 min

A quiet, aching slice of life that lingers on loss and the small indignities of being displaced.

Directed by
Benjamin Rost
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hedi Kriegeskotte, Gina Henkel, Jürgen Lehmann
Overview
Ella has been living in her apartment in the city center for more than 40 years. Due to the massively increasing price of rent, she is forced to move out soon and to give away most of her beloved pieces of furniture. Even the ones, she restored by herself. When the new tenants of her apartment stop by to pick and choose which of her valuables they would like to keep, Ella realizes that her time in this apartment is coming to an end.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Benjamin Rost
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hedi Kriegeskotte, Gina Henkel, Jürgen Lehmann
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • aging
    • isolation
    • class
    • memory
    • identity
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight7

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Benjamin Rost
    Written by
    Louise Peter
    Starring
    Hedi Kriegeskotte, Gina Henkel, Jürgen Lehmann, Theresa Tietz
    Runtime
    9 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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