Directed by:
Christian PetzoldScreenplay:
Christian PetzoldCinematography:
Hans FrommCast:
Paula Beer, Thomas Schubert, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebs, Langston Uibel, Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Jennipher Antoni, Ralph Barnebeck, Esther Esche (more)VOD (4)
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Christian Petzold's summertime drama follows a self-centred writer (Thomas Schubert) who heads down to a beach house with his friend to finish his novel. Once there, they encounter some locals, whose presence disturbs their tranquility and throws them off balance. (Curzon Film)
Reviews (2)
Literary cinematic boredom on the Baltic with with a suspiciously small thought displacement. ()
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