Undine

Undine

2020 · 89 min · DE · NR · 6.5 (299 votes)
Dir. Christian Petzold · Starring Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree, Jacob Matschenz, Anne Ratte-Polle, Rafael Stachowiak
FantasyDramaRomance

Undine is a historian and tour guide at the Berlin City Museum specializing in urban development, while Christoph is an industrial diver. Linked by a love of the water, the two form an intense bond, which can only do so much to help Undine overcome the considerable baggage of her former affair.

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A modern myth unfolds in a disenchanted Berlin. This film feels like a haunting, ethereal dive into love and loss, where ancient spirits grapple with urban development and the pain of a broken heart.

melancholicetherealhauntingromanticmysteriousslow-burnarthouseEuropean cinemamagical realismatmosphericlovelossmythologyidentityurban decay
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berlin, germanydivingfemale protagonistbreak-uplove affairurban developmentbased on fairy tale
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