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Milk

2024 · 96 min

A quiet, bodily study of grief that sits with you in long, uncomfortable silences, tender and unsparing.

Directed by
Stefanie Kolk
Genres
Drama
Starring
Frieda Barnhard, Aleksej Ovsiannikov, Ruth Sahertian
Overview
Days after her baby is stillborn, Robin's breasts begin to produce milk. Unable to throw it away, she decides to donate the milk. As her quest for a place to donate is more difficult than she anticipated, more and more milk starts to crowd her freezer and life.

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Directed by
Stefanie Kolk
Genres
Drama
Starring
Frieda Barnhard, Aleksej Ovsiannikov, Ruth Sahertian
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • isolation
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Stefanie Kolk
Written by
Stefanie Kolk, Nena van Driel
Starring
Frieda Barnhard, Aleksej Ovsiannikov, Ruth Sahertian, Jules Elting, Murat Toker, Arnoud Bos, Zineb Fallouk, Wimie Wilhelm
Cinematography
Emo Weemhoff
Runtime
96 min
Country
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch

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