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Walchensee Forever

2021 · 110 min

A quiet, reflective family chronicle that drifts across generations like a memory, gentle and personal.

Directed by
Janna Ji Wonders
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Janna Ji Wonders, Anna Werner, Rainer Langhans
Overview
If there is such a thing as a family memory that carries forward over the course of history, then it determines the actions of every generation. The director tells the story of the women in her family, set amongst Walchensee, hippie dreams and the commune surrounding Rainer Langhans.

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Directed by
Janna Ji Wonders
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Janna Ji Wonders, Anna Werner, Rainer Langhans
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • family
    • identity
    • aging
    Places
    • countryside
    • single country house
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance2
    Tension1
    Darkness3
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Janna Ji Wonders
    Written by
    Nico Woche, Janna Ji Wonders
    Starring
    Janna Ji Wonders, Anna Werner, Rainer Langhans, Jutta Winkelmann
    Runtime
    110 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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