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BITTER

A quiet, emotionally heavy chamber piece that immerses you in awkward silences and unspoken resentments, demanding patience and attention.

Directed by
Hanieh Bozorgnia
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jasmin Mokhtare, Majid Bakhtiari, Sevil Mokhtare
Overview
BITTER tells the story of a dysfunctional family and their inability to communicate.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Hanieh Bozorgnia
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jasmin Mokhtare, Majid Bakhtiari, Sevil Mokhtare
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • isolation
  • identity
  • grief
  • betrayal
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Hanieh Bozorgnia
Starring
Jasmin Mokhtare, Majid Bakhtiari, Sevil Mokhtare, Vanessa Velemir Diaz, Barbara Krebs, Nima Mehrabani
Cinematography
Lena Katharina Krause
Country
Germany
Languages
German, Persian

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