Short film
Requiem for Something Which Is Very Small
1997 · 22 min
An uneasy, claustrophobic chamber piece that unsettles more than it explains, with ironic games curdling into something genuinely disturbing.
- Directed by
- Isabelle Stever
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Wookie Mayer, Hanns Zischler, Alexander Rochholz
- Overview
- The bourgeois couple Esther and Michael have got themselves caught up in a seemingly ironic game of power, provocation and sexuality. Esther is already on the brink of madness when a young artist arrives. Requiem for something which is very small is a psychological horror-drama, with a cultural-political morale, and musical interludes.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Power, obsession, madness, sexuality
- Content
- Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Isabelle Stever
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Wookie Mayer, Hanns Zischler, Alexander Rochholz


