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Time of Moulting

2020 · 80 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into a child's quiet unraveling, watching her find grim comfort in a house that offers none.

Overview
In a small town in 1970s West Germany, Stephanie is raised by two parents who have no business having children. The mother suffers from an unspecified medical condition—one both mental and physical. The father makes it clear that he has no patience for his daughter. Young Stephanie takes solace in exploring the mysteries hidden away in the increasingly untidy house, particularly the trunk full of her grandfather’s butcher’s equipment; older Stephanie takes far more sinister comfort in the tools found therein.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • isolation
  • family
  • trauma
  • madness
  • death
Places
  • small town
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror6
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, horror
Directed by
Sabrina Mertens
Written by
Sabrina Mertens
Starring
Freya Kreutzkam, Zelda Espenschied, Miriam Schiweck, Bernd Wolf
Music
Jonathan Rösch, Ole Ohlendorf
Cinematography
Jan Fabi
Runtime
80 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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