Name: On the Beach
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015-07-31
Duration: 20 min
Cast: Laura Tonke, Fabian Busch, Maren Eggert, Peter Jordan

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Laura and Clemens spend their holidays at the sea in Northern Germany. Laura is bored and invents a game: She pretends to be blind. Over the course of a few days the couple gets entangled in their lie, revealing the emptiness of their relationship.

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Intimate Relationship Drama
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Slow Burn Narrative
Melancholic Tone
Character-Driven
Observational Drama
Bleak Realism

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Directed by: Nele Mueller-Stöfen
Written by: Nele Mueller-Stöfen
Produced by: Edward Berger, Jan Krüger, Jakob Deutsch
Music by: Stefan Will

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Facts

July 31, 2015 · 20 min · Sexual Content

Released: July 31, 2015
Runtime: 20 min
Content: Sexual Content
Genres: Drama
Original language: German
Made in: Germany

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4 questions, like "Is On the Beach worth watching?"

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Is On the Beach worth watching?

68

GoodGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 68 (IMDb 6.8).

Is On the Beach plot-driven or character-driven?

CharactersPlot

Mostly character-driven: it leans on character depth (8 of 10) and pathos (8 of 10) more than on its plot.

Will I feel good after watching On the Beach?

BleakHopeful

Probably not: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for bleakness and 8 for melancholy, against 1 for hopefulness.

Is On the Beach in English?

German

No, it was made in German.