Movie

Free Country

2020 · 130 min

A slow, brooding procedural that immerses you in a bleak post-reunification landscape, with a constant undercurrent of unease.

Overview: Former East Germany, 1992. Patrick Stein and Markus Bach, two very different police officers, are commissioned to investigate the disappearance of two female teenagers in a remote area of the country. Did they run away from home or did something more terrible happen to them?
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Crime, mystery, corruption, isolation
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
mystery
corruption
isolation
justice
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild