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The Strange Little Cat
Why this pick
Its precise, unhurried observation of everyday gestures and odd domestic rhythms echoes Wenders’s ability to make small encounters feel quietly mysterious.
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MOVIE1974 1h 52m DEU
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Why this pick
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The Spirit of the Beehive
Why this pick
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Why this pick
A restrained, architectural drama where tentative friendship develops through walking, looking, and conversation; it shares Alice in the Cities’ calm attentiveness and emotional understatement.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
West German writer Philip Winter has missed his publisher's deadline for writing an article about the United States. Attempting to book a flight from New York City back to West Germany, he meets a German woman, Lisa, and her young daughter, Alice, who are also trying to return home. After Lisa leaves Alice temporarily in Philip's care, she disappears to deal with a relationship she has recently terminated. Philip and Alice take a flight to Amsterdam on the expectation that they will meet Lisa there, only to find she never arrived at the airport.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Rüdiger Vogler
Phil Winter
Lisa Kreuzer
Alice`s Mutter
Lois Moran
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