The Girl and the Spider (2021)

Das Mädchen und die Spinne (original title)

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1h 38min
Comedy, Drama
08 Jul 2021 (Germany)
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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 poetic ballad about change and transience.

Directors:

Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher

Writers:

Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher

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Awards:

8 wins & 16 nominations.
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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.

Still of Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet and Flurin Giger (I) in The Girl and the Spider (2021)

Still of Lea Draeger and Flurin Giger (I) in The Girl and the Spider (2021)

Still of Liliane Amuat in The Girl and the Spider (2021)

Still of Henriette Confurius, Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet and Flurin Giger (I) in The Girl and the Spider (2021)

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Cast

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	Henriette Confurius	...	Mara
	Liliane Amuat	...	Lisa
	Ursina Lardi	...	Astrid
	Flurin Giger	...	Jan
	André Hennicke	...	Jurek
	Ivan Georgiev	...	Markus
	Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet	...	Kerstin
	Lea Draeger	...	Nora
	Sabine Timoteo	...	Karen
	Birte Schnöink	...	Zimmermädchen
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Yuna Andres	...	Eleni
	Ella Gfeller	...	Emma
	Dorian Heiniger	...	Hamid
	Margherita Schoch	...	Frau Arnold
	Philippe Schuler	...	Remover
	Seraphina Maria Schweiger	...	Pharma-Asstistentin (as Seraphina Schweiger)

Directed by

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Ramon Zürcher
Silvan Zürcher	...	(co-director)

Written by

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Ramon Zürcher	...	()

Silvan Zürcher	...	()

Produced by

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Adrian Blaser	...	producer
Aline Schmid	...	producer
Ramon Zürcher	...	co-producer
Silvan Zürcher	...	co-producer

Music by

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Philipp Moll

Cinematography by

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Alex Hasskerl

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(as Alexander Haßkerl)

Editing by

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Katharina Bhend
Ramon Zürcher

Editorial Department

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Rebecca Siegfried

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assistant editor

Casting By

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Ulrike Müller

Production Design by

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Mortimer Chen
Sabina Winkler

Costume Design by

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Anne-Sophie Raemy

Makeup Department

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Miriam Blank	...	prosthetics
Simone Enkerli	...	makeup artist
Julia Nietlispach	...	makeup artist

Production Management

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Andrea Blaser

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production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Nicole Schink	...	second assistant director
Silvan Zürcher	...	first assistant director

Sound Department

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Nicolas Brunner	...	boom operator
Felix Bussmann	...	sound designer
Balthasar Jucker	...	sound
Kathleen Moser	...	second boom operator
Silvio Naumann	...	re-recording mixer
Denis Séchaud	...	sound mixer
Philippe van Leer	...	foley artist
Vuk Vukmanovic	...	foley editor

Visual Effects by

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Eugen Danzinger	...	visual effects production: emd3000 GmbH Zurich / visual effects supervisor
Vladislav Enshin	...	visual effects artist: emd3000
Yevhen Shpylivyi Evgeny Shpilivoi	...	digital compositor: visual effects (as Shpilivoi Evgeny)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Christian Anderegg	...	first assistant camera
Caspar Brog	...	sfx camera operator
Oliver Geissler	...	gaffer
John Rütti	...	second assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Anne-Sophie Raemy	...	costume supervisor
Clara Sollberger	...	costume assistant

Music Department

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Pirmin Marti

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music supervisor

Script and Continuity Department

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Maxi Schmitz

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continuity

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Xenix Filmdistribution (2021) (Switzerland)
Edition Salzgeber (2021) (Germany)
Wayna Pitch (2021) (France) (theatrical)
The Cinema Guild (2021) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
Vitrine Filmes (2022) (Spain) (theatrical) (subtitled version)
Amazon Instant Video (2021) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
Filmin (2022) (Spain)
Google Play (2021) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
Nitrato Filmes (2022) (Portugal)
SRF zwei (2022) (Switzerland) (tv)
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (2022) (Switzerland) (tv)
Youtube Filme & TV (2024) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
iTunes (2021) (Germany) (video) (VoD)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary	Plot Synopsis
Plot Keywords	change male-nudity female-nudity spider apartment See All (29) »
Genres	Comedy Drama
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:16 France:Tous publics Germany:12 Mexico:B15 Norway:12 (Streaming rating) Poland:16 Portugal:M/14 Switzerland:12 Taiwan:12+ Turkey:18+ United Kingdom:18 (Channel 4 Rating) United Kingdom:15 (Film4 TV rating) United States:Unrated

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Also Known As	The Girl and the Spider (Singapore, English title) The Girl and the Spider (India, English title) The Girl and the Spider (Canada, English title) The Girl and the Spider (World-wide, English title) The Girl and the Spider (United States) See more »
Runtime	98 min
Official Sites	Official site
Country	Switzerland
Language	German
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.66 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Dolby SR
Filming Locations	Bern, Kanton Bern, Switzerland See more »

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Voyage, voyage See more »

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