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Ioana

2015 · 29 min

A quiet, somber slice of life that follows a lonely struggle through a cold city, leaving a lingering sense of hardship and fragile hope.

Overview
Young Romanian Adrian works as a hustler in Zurich's underground in order to get his sister Ioana out of Romania and to Zurich, where they can both have a better future.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • family
  • immigration
  • class
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Simon Pfister
Written by
Simon Pfister
Starring
Max Krause, Julian Lehr, Josefine Voss, Christian Heiner Wolf, Edith Alibec
Cinematography
Rina Zimmering
Runtime
29 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German, Romanian

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