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The Girl and the Spider

Original title: Das Mädchen und die Spinne
  • 20212021
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 38m
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6.1/10
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16,544
1,835
Henriette Confurius, Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet, and Flurin Giger in The Girl and the Spider (2021)
As her roommate Lisa prepares to move out of their apartment, Mara contemplates the end of an era. Furniture is moved, walls painted, cupboards built. Amid all the hustle and bustle, secret longings and desires come to the surface and coalesce around the roommates as well as around Lisa's mother Astrid, the movers, the girls' old neighbors, the neighbors' cat, Lisa's new neighbor and an ever-expanding cast of characters. Day turns into night and one final party in the apartment. When the last box is moved, the fragments of their lives remain.

The Zürcher brothers compose a poetic panopticon of forms of human relationships that is at once a study of everyday life, a fairytale and a psychological portrait of a brittle world. Following The Strange Little Cat, The Girl and the Spider is the second installment in a trilogy about human togetherness, a ballad about the need for closeness and the pain of separation.
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Lisa is moving out. Mara is left behind. As boxes are shifted and cupboards built, abysses begin to open up and an emotional roller coaster is set in motion. A tragicomic catastrophe film. A... Read allLisa is moving out. Mara is left behind. As boxes are shifted and cupboards built, abysses begin to open up and an emotional roller coaster is set in motion. A tragicomic catastrophe film. A poetic ballad about change and transience.Lisa is moving out. Mara is left behind. As boxes are shifted and cupboards built, abysses begin to open up and an emotional roller coaster is set in motion. A tragicomic catastrophe film. A poetic ballad about change and transience.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
980
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
16,544
1,835
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    • Directors
      • Ramon Zürcher
      • Silvan Zürcher
    • Writers
      • Ramon Zürcher
      • Silvan Zürcher
    • Stars
      • Henriette Confurius
      • Liliane Amuat
      • Ursina Lardi
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Ramon Zürcher
      • Silvan Zürcher
    • Writers
      • Ramon Zürcher
      • Silvan Zürcher
    • Stars
      • Henriette Confurius
      • Liliane Amuat
      • Ursina Lardi
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    • 4User reviews
    • 50Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 14 nominations

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    The Girl and the Spider (2021)
    Liliane Amuat in The Girl and the Spider (2021)
    Henriette Confurius, Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet, and Flurin Giger in The Girl and the Spider (2021)
    Henriette Confurius and Liliane Amuat in The Girl and the Spider (2021)
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    Henriette Confurius
    Henriette Confurius
    • Mara
    Liliane Amuat
    • Lisa
    Ursina Lardi
    Ursina Lardi
    • Astrid
    Flurin Giger
    • Jan
    André Hennicke
    André Hennicke
    • Jurek
    Ivan Georgiev
    • Markus
    Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet
    Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet
    • Kerstin
    Lea Draeger
    • Nora
    Sabine Timoteo
    • Karen
    Birte Schnöink
    Birte Schnöink
    • Zimmermädchen
    Yuna Andres
    • Eleni
    Ella Gfeller
    • Emma
    Dorian Heiniger
    • Hamid
    Margherita Schoch
    • Frau Arnold
    Philippe Schuler
    • Remover
    Seraphina Schweiger
    • Pharma-Asstistentin
    • Directors
      • Ramon Zürcher
      • Silvan Zürcher
    • Writers
      • Ramon Zürcher
      • Silvan Zürcher
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    2/10
    People acting weird, rude and monologuing about nothing - the movie.
    There's not much to say about this movie other than yes, it's indeed a movie. Barely, but it is. This is what you get when artistic autofellatio and the perfect absence of content wants to make the viewer believe that it is more than itself. Aliens who have had no contact with humanity aside of Voyager's golden record, even they could make more lifelike characters than these outlandish cardboard figures. Honestly, it feels like a buggy theatrical AI scissored them together. The Girl and the Spider is a triumph of nonsensical filmmaking, which proves (to someone, somewhere... not me, mind you) that logic, a coherent plot and faithfulness to life are only a loose suggestion rather than an expectation. Is it a feature, or the lack of it? You decide. I, however, I'm going to dance a little on the roof in the rain. Because reasons. Because art.
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    • Release date
      • July 8, 2021 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Switzerland
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Örümcek ve Kız
    • Filming locations
      • Bern, Kanton Bern, Switzerland
    • Production companies
      • Beauvoir Films
      • Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)
      • Zürcher Film
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,278
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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