Movie
The Green Desert
1999 · 93 min
A quiet, heartfelt drama about friendship and illness that lingers with gentle sadness and honesty.
- Directed by
- Anno Saul
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Noethen, Heino Ferch
- Tagline
- No matter what happens I'll be with you.
- Overview
- Katja and Johann are two teenagers who are the best of friends. They spend most of their time in a ruined fort, fantasizing about an ideal world. Their relationship becomes threatened when Johann is taken ill with leukemia, and Katja's mother is undecided on whether to stay with her husband or leave with her lover.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Coming-of-age, friendship, death, family
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Anno Saul
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Noethen, Heino Ferch
