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2025 · 102 min

A quiet, heavy slice of life that slowly tightens around you as family duty and private hope pull in opposite directions.

Directed by: Mia Maariel Meyer
Genres: Drama
Starring: Luna Wedler, Jannis Niewöhner, Laura Tonke

Overview: Tilda's days are strictly structured: she studies, works at the supermarket checkout and looks after her little sister Ida - on some days she also has to look after her alcoholic mother. But this summer brings a change: Tilda receives a promising job offer for a doctorate in Berlin. Viktor also turns up, who, like her, always swims 22 laps in the swimming pool. When Tilda begins to believe that everything could be better, the situation at home spirals out of control.

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Directed by: Mia Maariel Meyer
Genres: Drama
Starring: Luna Wedler, Jannis Niewöhner, Laura Tonke

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 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
coming-of-age
addiction
guilt
Places: small town
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Mia Maariel Meyer
Written by: Elena Hell
Starring: Luna Wedler, Jannis Niewöhner, Laura Tonke, Berke Cetin, Zoë Baier, Sabrina Schieder, Zoe Fürmann, Eleanor Reissa
Music: Dascha Dauenhauer
Cinematography: Tim Kuhn
Runtime: 102 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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