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The Housekeeper

2023 · 17 min

A slow, uneasy drift through a haunted household, where unspoken tensions and symbolic images linger like fallout.

Directed by: Matthias Freier
Genres: Drama
Starring: Eliza Rycembel, Aljoscha Stadelmann, Lasse Stadelmann

Overview: In the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl atomic fallout time seems to stand still in Germany. Like disconnected ghosts, the teenager Phillip, his overbearing father Henning and the polish housekeeper Ada live together in a Wilhelminian-style villa. In this environment of toxic nature and masculinity, Phillip decides to go on a boat trip with Ada, triggering a symbolic stream of consciousness.

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Directed by: Matthias Freier
Genres: Drama
Starring: Eliza Rycembel, Aljoscha Stadelmann, Lasse Stadelmann

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: isolation
family
power
identity
trauma
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Matthias Freier
Written by: Jens Petersen, Jan Eichberg, Matthias Freier
Starring: Eliza Rycembel, Aljoscha Stadelmann, Lasse Stadelmann, Jan Eichberg
Music: Christian Meyer
Cinematography: Franz Lustig
Runtime: 17 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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