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Punching the World

2025 · 110 min

A slow, heavy immersion into a fractured childhood, where hope erodes into anger and the weight of place presses down.

Overview
Two brothers grow up in the Saxon province (part of Germany) at the turn of the millennium, where the dream of family happiness in a new house quickly turns into a nightmare of decay, violence and xenophobia as they desperately search for stability and belonging.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • isolation
  • violence
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Constanze Klaue
Written by
Constanze Klaue
Starring
Anton Franke, Camille Moltzen, Anja Schneider, Christian Näthe, Katrin Röver, John Paul Halle, Swetlana Schönfeld, Nico Hartmann
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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