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Christiane F.

1981 · 131 min

A harrowing, unflinching descent into addiction that feels like watching a slow-motion tragedy, emotionally devastating and grimly authentic.

Tagline
The image of a generation.
Overview
A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 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
  • addiction
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
  • grief
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism9
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Uli Edel
Written by
Herman Weigel
Starring
Natja Brunckhorst, Thomas Haustein, Jens Kuphal, Rainer Woelk, Jan Georg Effler, Christiane Reichelt, Daniela Jaeger, Kerstin Richter
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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