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Cloudy Clouds

Original title: Trübe Wolken
  • 2021
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
242
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Cloudy Clouds (2021)
DramaMysteryThriller

17-year-old Paul likes strange things: stealth trails and abandoned buildings, whispered conversations and left-behind bags. Besides that, he seems to be a young man without qualities. His m... Read all17-year-old Paul likes strange things: stealth trails and abandoned buildings, whispered conversations and left-behind bags. Besides that, he seems to be a young man without qualities. His mysterious nature catches the eyes of his classmate Dala and his art-loving teacher Mr. Bul... Read all17-year-old Paul likes strange things: stealth trails and abandoned buildings, whispered conversations and left-behind bags. Besides that, he seems to be a young man without qualities. His mysterious nature catches the eyes of his classmate Dala and his art-loving teacher Mr. Bulwer, both seemingly driven by hidden desires. Then a boy's dead body is discovered in the ... Read all

  • Director
    • Christian Schäfer
  • Writer
    • Glenn Büsing
  • Stars
    • Jonas Holdenrieder
    • Devid Striesow
    • Valerie Stoll
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    242
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Christian Schäfer
    • Writer
      • Glenn Büsing
    • Stars
      • Jonas Holdenrieder
      • Devid Striesow
      • Valerie Stoll
    • 3User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Jonas Holdenrieder
    • Paul Nebe
    Devid Striesow
    Devid Striesow
    • Erich Bulwer
    Valerie Stoll
    Valerie Stoll
    • Dala Brünne
    Peter Jordan
    Peter Jordan
    • Per-Ulrich Nebe
    Claudia Geisler-Bading
    • Sylvia Nebe
    Max Schimmelpfennig
    • Max Gunthermann
    Aurel Klug
    • Silas Nebe
    Valentino Fortuzzi
    • David Schatterhain
    Viola Neumann
    • Nicole Hüller
    Oliver Nägele
    Oliver Nägele
    • Schuldirektor Kupferschlag
    Sascha Nathan
    • Hauptkommissar Stöbhaas
    Janina Sachau
    • Frau Schatterhain
    Moritz Führmann
    Moritz Führmann
    • Falk Ernstmeier
    Bettina Kaminski
    • Erika Hauck
    Sybille J. Schedwill
    Sybille J. Schedwill
    • Frau Miescher
    Simon Andreas Littwin
    • Leon
    Josa Butschkau
    • Gerrit
    Thekla Viloo Fliesberg
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    • Director
      • Christian Schäfer
    • Writer
      • Glenn Büsing
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    8kaos197

    Well, I hated this but loved every second

    Such an infuriating ending (as in abrupt with NO satisfying climax) but I couldn't stop watching. Maybe I'm just too Americanised - media style (or simply stupid) but there were so many seemingly unresolved threads and incomplete story lines that by the end I didn't really trust any of the characters or know who did what or why.

    I'd love to see a directors cut of the story, even if it was 3+ hours long (or even a directors commentary), because I was glued to the screen through the entire event but I guess it kind'a reminded me of Romero's 'Martin'. A boy on the cusp of manhood but detached from the world around him.

    I'm glad I got a chance to watch this and was hooked right to the end so I guess the filmmakers did what they set out to do - freaking annoying tho' :)
    3fabrizio-297-905998

    Just skip this

    This movie starts like a thriller, and may be a coming of age story.

    From as soon as the opening scene, you get that the pace is going to be slow. I thaught "oh no it's a Derrick (1974) like !", the famous 1970s german TV show every one was making joke on the borring pace one feel asleep on every show. I did keep watching to, at least, get to the ending. So it kept my curiosity up, while minutes after minutes I was ready to give up, too bored.

    Then I wondered about the acting. It felt obvious that the actors not only were told to keep a very mute expression all along the movie, but also they got bored them too at playing this way. I never got close to any of the characters, no depth. At one point I just realised, that there's never any smile (or cry), and it was fun to realise how true that was then after.

    It is tagged as a gay interest movie, but it's not what I'd call it. It's kind of the reverse. There is a gay kiss, but there's no love (to say the least) and the only sexual relation the main character will have is with a girl.

    It's the story of a psychopath. Up to you to make an opinion on him. Mine is that he's a homophobic "curious", but it could be something else.

    The scenario is top. A remake could be great.

    I'm a pretty happy rating guy and I don't give that often a low one. It's just messed up, too slow, really boring. And the photography doesn't help with faded colors. I'm surprised it's not in 4:3 and black and white.

    The very "european" open ending is like a threat, oh my god, there could be a sequel !

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    • Release date
      • February 24, 2022 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
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    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • 多雲
    • Filming locations
      • Dillenburg, Hesse, Germany(main location)
    • Production companies
      • Rabiatfilm
      • Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR)
      • Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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