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Europa Passage

2022 · 89 min

A quiet, sobering documentary that follows families surviving on the margins, asking patience and empathy rather than offering easy comfort.

Directed by: Andrei Schwartz
Genres: Documentary

Overview: Maria, Tirloi and their relatives have no choice: in their Romanian Roma village there is no work. In order to survive and provide for their families at home, they go begging in Hamburg.

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Directed by: Andrei Schwartz
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: survival
politics
race
family
class
Places: big city
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Humour	2
Realism	10
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Andrei Schwartz
Runtime: 89 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German, Romanian

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