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Of Falling and Floating

2021 · 18 min

A quiet, intimate night journey where shifting emotions and fragile connections keep you gently unsettled and absorbed.

Directed by
Laurine von Boetticher
Starring
Nisha Virmani, Rio Rasch, Isabel Hinz
Overview
Luvi and Telmer find the sleeping Nil on their train ride home at night. A tender bond slowly arises between the women. It sows a growing insecurity into the fragile relationship of Luvi and Telmer. The night lets the characters move away from each other and fall into each other slowly in one moment, passionately in another one.

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Directed by
Laurine von Boetticher
Starring
Nisha Virmani, Rio Rasch, Isabel Hinz
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • friendship
Places
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Directed by
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Starring
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Runtime
18 min
Languages
German

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