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Silver Forest

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2011 · 89 min Drama
7.0 / 10 · TMDB

Silver Forest is a brutally realistic coming-of-age story, set in a small Swiss town in a bleak winter landscape. A group of boys struggle with their mounting anger with the mundane world, resulting in a string of escalating acts of violence. Deep in the forest they finally find a release for their aggression by joining a Nazi gang - only to discover the boundaries where harmless play turns into murder.

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Original Title Silberwald
Year 2011
Country Germany, Switzerland
Genre Drama
Director Christine Repond
Runtime 89 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.0/10 (1 votes)

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Director Christoph Schaub constructs a stark contrast between the pristine, frozen landscapes and the simmering chaos within his young protagonists. He explores the terrifyingly mundane origins of radicalization, relying on a slow-burn tension that makes the eventual violence feel both shocking and inevitable.

What lingers after the final frame is a profound unease about the fertile ground that boredom and alienation provide for extremist ideologies. A grim, essential study of a descent into darkness. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Christine Repond

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