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The Forest for the Trees

2004 · 81 min

A quietly excruciating watch, full of secondhand embarrassment, as you sink into one woman's slow, awkward unraveling.

Directed by
Maren Ade
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Overview
As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city, things turn out to be much tougher than she had imagined.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Isolation, loneliness, identity, betrayal
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Directed by
Maren Ade
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, drama
    Directed by
    Maren Ade
    Written by
    Maren Ade
    Starring
    Eva Löbau, Daniela Holtz, Jan Neumann, Ilona Schulz, Robert Schupp, Heinz Röser-Dümmig, Martina Eckrich, Nina Fiedler
    Music
    Ina Siefert, Nellis Du Biel
    Cinematography
    Nikolai von Graevenitz
    Runtime
    81 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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