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The Giraffe

2019 1 h 22 min Drama Giraffe

A Danish summer of long days and blue nights frames three lives brushed by a coming tunnel between Denmark and Germany.

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About the film

What it’s about

Dara, an ethnographer, arrives to document houses slated for demolition and finds the diaries of a former owner. Lucek, a young Polish worker on the tunnel, is left without pay. Käthe works on a ferry, watching people and goods circulate. Their paths cross and part as the landscape shifts.

What hooks you

Anna Sofie Hartmann directs Lisa Loven Kongsli, Jakub Gierszał, and Maren Eggert. The film was nominated for the Sabaltegui-Tabakalera Prize at San Sebastián.

Who it’s for

It suits viewers who like quiet, observational dramas about work, memory, and the slow transformation of places.

Technical details
Countries
Denmark, Germany
Year
2019
Genre
Drama
Running time
1h 22min
World premiere
Aug 10, 2019

Ratings

MOVIE․ONE · 177 votes
6.0 /10
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6.0505
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Screenplay Anna Sofie Hartmann

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