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Good Soil

2013 · 9 min

It is a quiet, somber meditation on the encroachment of industry upon a fragile, lonely existence.

Directed by: Pablo Ben-Yakov, Roland Scheliga
Genres: Documentary

Overview: The Gardening Center of the Meier brothers is just near the pit of Garzweiler 2 coal mine. Every day the digger comes closer to their home. A grey and lonely world except of one place.

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Directed by: Pablo Ben-Yakov, Roland Scheliga
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: environment
isolation
nature
power
Places: countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Pablo Ben-Yakov, Roland Scheliga, Benjamin Leers, Sebastian Lemke
Runtime: 9 min

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