The Girl and the Spider | |
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German | Das Mädchen und die Spinne |
Directed by | Ramon Zürcher Silvan Zürcher |
Written by | Ramon Zürcher Silvan Zürcher |
Produced by | Adrian Blaser Aline Schmid |
Starring |
Henriette Confurius Liliane Amuat |
Cinematography | Alexander Haßkerl |
Edited by | Katharina Bhend Ramon Zürcher |
Music by | Philipp Moll |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Edition Salzgeber Xenix Filmdistribution |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | Switzerland |
Language | German |
The Girl and the Spider ( German: Das Mädchen und die Spinne) is a Swiss drama film, directed by Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher and released in 2021. [1] The film centres on Mara ( Henriette Confurius) and Lisa (Liliane Amuat), two women who have been living together, and portrays the emotional complications as Lisa moves out to a new apartment. [2]
The film premiered in the Encounters program at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, [3] where the Zürchers won the award for Best Director in the program alongside Denis Côté for Social Hygiene (Hygiène sociale). [4] It had its North American premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. [5]
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 93% rating based on 29 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The critics consensus reads: "Beneath its deceptively placid surface, The Girl and the Spider grapples with deeply meaningful questions of personal identity in the face of fundamental change." [6] On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 83 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [7]
The Girl and the Spider | |
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German | Das Mädchen und die Spinne |
Directed by | Ramon Zürcher Silvan Zürcher |
Written by | Ramon Zürcher Silvan Zürcher |
Produced by | Adrian Blaser Aline Schmid |
Starring |
Henriette Confurius Liliane Amuat |
Cinematography | Alexander Haßkerl |
Edited by | Katharina Bhend Ramon Zürcher |
Music by | Philipp Moll |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Edition Salzgeber Xenix Filmdistribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | Switzerland |
Language | German |
The Girl and the Spider ( German: Das Mädchen und die Spinne) is a Swiss drama film, directed by Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher and released in 2021. [1] The film centres on Mara ( Henriette Confurius) and Lisa (Liliane Amuat), two women who have been living together, and portrays the emotional complications as Lisa moves out to a new apartment. [2]
The film premiered in the Encounters program at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, [3] where the Zürchers won the award for Best Director in the program alongside Denis Côté for Social Hygiene (Hygiène sociale). [4] It had its North American premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. [5]
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 93% rating based on 29 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The critics consensus reads: "Beneath its deceptively placid surface, The Girl and the Spider grapples with deeply meaningful questions of personal identity in the face of fundamental change." [6] On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 83 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [7]