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Strange River

2025 · 106 min

A slow, dreamlike ride down a river where memory and desire blur, leaving you quietly unsettled and moved.

Directed by
Jaume Claret Muxart
Genres
Drama
Starring
Nausicaa Bonnín, Jordi Oriol, Jan Monter
Overview
One summer, Dídac travels by bike along the Danube with his family, starting where the river first emerges in Germany. As they journey downstream, he begins seeing a mysterious boy, Alexander, who appears and disappears in the water. Dídac feels himself changing, drawn toward Alexander and away from his brother Biel. Their mother, Monika, who once took the same trip as a teenager, drifts into memories of a past summer love. When she sees Dídac and Alexander together, she encourages them to continue the journey alone. But as twilight falls, Dídac begins to question who Alexander truly is.

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Directed by
Jaume Claret Muxart
Genres
Drama
Starring
Nausicaa Bonnín, Jordi Oriol, Jan Monter
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • memory
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • 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
Horror2
Humour1
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
106 min
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Languages
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