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Saturntage

2013 Drama
8.0 / 10 · TMDB

Thies navigates life in Berlin with his three-year-old daughter Ella and his girlfriend Isa, all while carrying the heavy, familiar weight of depression. Despite exhausting every treatment, the darkness persists. When Isa leaves for a work trip, the fragile structure of his daily routine collapses under the sole responsibility of childcare. The fight drains from him completely. He makes the decisive, painful choice to take Ella to her grandparents. Alone at last, he surrenders to the confrontation he has long avoided, sitting in the quiet of his apartment as the full force of his anxiety finally washes over him, unchallenged and raw.

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Year 2013
Genre Drama
Director Sara Bungartz
Rating TMDB: 8.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film's power lies in its restraint, trading melodrama for a quiet, observational realism that feels both intimate and stark. The camera holds on Thies with a patience that mirrors his own internal stagnation, making his quiet crisis profoundly palpable.

What lingers after the credits is not despair, but a sobering clarity about the moment a person stops fighting a shadow and simply lets it envelop them, a necessary surrender before any new dawn. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Sara Bungartz

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The muted light of a Berlin flat, the hum of the city a distant backdrop to overwhelming silence.

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