pancine - 6/10
Easy to identify with Melanie and the end was moving but much of the film is uninvolved and lightweight.
February 10, 2019
As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city, things turn out to be much tougher than she had imagined.
Director: Maren Ade
Cast: Eva Löbau, Daniela Holtz, Jan Neumann, Ilona Schulz, Robert Schupp, Heinz Röser-Dümmig, Martina Eckrich, Nina Fiedler
pancine - 6/10
Easy to identify with Melanie and the end was moving but much of the film is uninvolved and lightweight.
February 10, 2019
As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city, things turn out to be much tougher than she had imagined.
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As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city, things turn out to be much tougher than she had imagined.
1h 21m
September 16, 2004
Maren Ade
Eva Löbau, Daniela Holtz, Jan Neumann
Comedy, Drama
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