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A Girl Named Willow

2025 · 99 min

A gentle, whimsical woodland adventure that feels like a cozy storybook, with mild magic and a warm sense of wonder.

Directed by
Mike Marzuk
Genres
Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring
Ava Petsch, Cora Trube, Anna von Seld
Overview
What could Willow do with an entire forest? That's exactly what she asks herself when she inherits this forest from her aunt Alwina. That's not all, though - Alwina has also left her a small, crooked cabin and, most importantly, her witchcraft. But the question remains: Will Willow even accept this unexpected inheritance, with all the consequences it entails?

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Directed by
Mike Marzuk
Genres
Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring
Ava Petsch, Cora Trube, Anna von Seld
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • identity
  • nature
  • coming-of-age
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour4
Realism2
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
family, adventure, fantasy
Directed by
Mike Marzuk
Written by
Gesa Scheibner
Starring
Ava Petsch, Cora Trube, Anna von Seld, Mary Tölle, Golo Euler, Diana Amft, Melika Foroutan, Michael Ostrowski
Music
Fabian Römer
Cinematography
Matthias Pötsch
Runtime
99 min
Country
Germany, Austria
Languages
German

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