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42plus

2007 · 95 min

A slow, sunlit unravelling of a woman's carefully ordered life, intimate and quietly tense.

Directed by
Sabine Derflinger
Genres
Drama
Starring
Claudia Michelsen, Ulrich Tukur, Jacob Matschenz
Overview
When the beautiful, efficient and successful Christine, 42, arrives at their summer beach home with her husband and teenage daughter, a young hitchhiker catches her eye. What follows is the story of a woman who frees herself, tears her life into pieces and puts it back together in a different order.

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Directed by
Sabine Derflinger
Genres
Drama
Starring
Claudia Michelsen, Ulrich Tukur, Jacob Matschenz
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • betrayal
  • family
  • freedom
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Sabine Derflinger
Written by
Sabine Derflinger, Mogens Rukov
Starring
Claudia Michelsen, Ulrich Tukur, Jacob Matschenz, Petra Morzé, Tobias Moretti, Vanessa Krüger, Ugo Conti, Michele Oliveri
Music
Andy Baum
Cinematography
Bernhard Pötscher
Runtime
95 min
Country
Austria
Languages
German, Italian

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