Passerby

2011 0h 8m DE

Synopsis

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A nighttime odyssey just before New Year's Eve: a woman and a man walking along a back road, caught up in a fight. Their conflict spreads out around them: it covers the dirty coat the woman is wearing, a child she meets and a waiter who doesn't want to leave her alone. Between external stimuli and internal conditions an idiosyncratic and seemingly inescapable space of repressed aggression and confrontation emerges.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Maike Moeller Bornstein
Katharina
Godehard Giese
Christian
Kuen-Il Song

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ramon Zürcher
Writers: Ramon Zürcher
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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RUNTIME

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Tight 8-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ramon Zürcher shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Maike Moeller Bornstein and Godehard Giese and Kuen-Il Song carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1933633 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Ramon Zürcher directs. Ramon Zürcher cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

Trivia

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1Tight 8-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 15 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Ramon Zürcher shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Maike Moeller Bornstein and Godehard Giese and Kuen-Il Song carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt1933633 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.