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Misha and the Wolves

2021 · 90 min

A cool, gripping unraveling of a story you want to believe, turning curiosity into unease as layers peel away.

Directed by: Sam Hobkinson
Genres: Documentary, Mystery
Starring: Misha Defonseca

Overview: A woman’s Holocaust memoir takes the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher-turned-detective reveals her story as an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.

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Directed by: Sam Hobkinson
Genres: Documentary, Mystery
Starring: Misha Defonseca

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
memory
trauma
identity
media
Places: small town
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
documentary
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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