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The Sparrow in the Chimney

2024 · 117 min

A slow-burn family gathering that tightens like a wire, with simmering resentments and a mounting sense of dread beneath polite surfaces.

Overview: Karen and Markus live with their children in Karen’s parents’ house. Karen’s sister Jule travels with her family to Markus’ birthday party. While Karen takes everyone’s breath away with her domineering manner, Jule is the complete opposite. Gradually a front forms against Karen until everything escalates into a fiery inferno. An inferno that destroys the old to create the new.

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 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: family
grief
power
identity
betrayal
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Ramon Zürcher
Written by: Ramon Zürcher
Starring: Maren Eggert, Britta Hammelstein, Luise Heyer, Andreas Döhler, Milian Zerzawy, Lea Zoë Voss, Paula Schindler, Ilja Bultmann
Music: Balz Bachmann
Cinematography: Alex Hasskerl
Runtime: 117 min
Country: Switzerland
Languages: German

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