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Watch: Halbschatten 2013 123movies, Full Movie Online – Summer days on the French Riviera. A hillside villa with an open sea view. Whoever lives here has made it. Merle follows the invitation of her lover, Romuald but upon arrival she only meets his children, Emma and Felix. They are not aware of their father’s relationship. Thus, she will have to get along with the children who refuse to make contact in order to celebrate Emma’s 13th birthday. At the same time, she must endure the impudence of 16-year-old Felix, who regards her presence as a provocation. A quiet but persistent fight for the status quo begins. Merle struggles for the possibility of a socially promising future, which is increasingly fading away before her own eyes..
Plot: Merle follows the invitation of her lover to spend the summer in the South of France. She is surprised to find only his children in the summer house. Did she expect more than she should have? An ambiguous summer full of silent desire.
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	5.5/10 Votes: 166
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Well-written, and peculiarly fascinating
I’ve watched plenty of movies or episodes of TV shows that were filled with awkward moments, but ‘Halbschatten’ elevates those feelings of disquiet and apprehension to an entirely new level. So much of this feature is a veritable poster child for social anxiety, as the protagonist’s would-be charming summer takes one cringe-worthy turn after another, and Merle is hard-pressed to catch a break. All due credit to star Anne Ratte-Polle, realizing Merle’s bad luck and earnest effort with fantastic poise and nuance as the poor woman struggles to maintain a calm demeanor.

The film sustains a pointedly restrained tone. There’s no score or music beyond what may be heard in passing in a scene, no especial emotional thrust, and what tension or turmoil we do get is emphatically downplayed. Further cementing the muted quality, filmmaker Nicolas Wackerbarth arranges no few stationary shots in which characters and eventfulness may come and go – or maybe they’re just glimpses of life passing by as the story unfolds, with no real connection to the narrative. It’s a very detached, almost aloof presentation, and surely off-putting for many viewers. Yet for all the anxiousness that the film elicits, and its dispassionate approach to storytelling – this is low-key fascinating.

There is a specific plot in ‘Halbschatten,’ yet it’s very loose, and mostly just a framework by which to orientate the scenes as they build the whole. Characters and dialogue, too, seem mostly just to be in service to the solid scene writing that constructs this distinctly uncomfortable tableau. Whoever it is that Merle is interacting with – beau Romuald’s rather boldly precocious children, or others about town – even her moments of peace don’t last long, and her best attempts to get along don’t quite have the desired effect. The protagonist is readily sympathetic through it all – in spirit if not in detail, it’s so easy to identify with the series of unfortunate events Merle experiences.

While I certainly enjoyed it, a part of me does wonder if I’m being too generous in my regard. To be honest I’m not sure who I would recommend this to, or under what circumstances: Wackerbarth’s tack here is quiet and subdued, consciously sidestepping conveyance of the impact of the drama at hand, or of anything particularly striking or vivid. This is a very singularly focused, small-time feature intended for a very niche audience – but it also never pretends otherwise. It’s the viewer who is receptive to the most underhanded and unbothered of movies who will find the most value here. With all that said, while I’m still not entirely sure how I feel about it, I’m glad I took the time to watch ‘Halbschatten,’ and that perhaps says more than anything else could.

Slow does not have to mean bad
But you have to deliver in other areas then in order to make a really slow-moving film like this one worth a watch. “Halbschatten” is not only a pretty pretentious title, it is also Nicolas Wackerbarth’s fifth (including 3 short films) movie as director and writer. It’s his latest project so far, from 2 years ago, and Wackerbarth is really more prolific as an actor. The central character is played by Anne Ratte-Polle, who is probably only going to be known to German audiences, and even there only to those who watch a whole lot of movies. Supporting actor Leonard Proxauf maybe more people will recognize from his work in “Das Weiße Band”, although if I hadn’t known it was him, I probably would not have recognized him. Anyway, about Ratte-Polle, it’s fairly difficult to evaluate her performance here. I really don’t feel she has been given a whole lot to work with, but she does have some pretty unnecessary nude scenes, which added nothing to the story in my opinion. So it’s pretty much impossible to say if she gave a good performance. It was really almost impossible to shine in that role.

A woman in her 30s is invited by her boyfriend to spend the summer in his house in France and she accepts the invitation. When she arrives, however, she only finds his children there and this is also with whom she spends almost the entire movie. There is a plot twist in the end, but it’s slightly unrealistic in my opinion and, even if it was an interesting idea, it cannot really make up for the boredom from everything before that. This film is so slow that fittingly in the very last shot you see a character running wildly and then the closing credits appear, so you might think he somehow destroyed the whole movement speed and atmosphere of the film and that’s why it ended. At least the film only runs for roughly 75 minutes without credits, so it’s very short actually, which somewhat saves the film from dragging any further. I see no real achievements in this one that would let me recommend it. Thumbs down.

Other Information:

Original Language de
Runtime 1 hr 20 min (80 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Drama
Director Nicolas Wackerbarth
Writer Nicolas Wackerbarth
Actors Anne Ratte-Polle, Leonard Proxauf, Emma Bading
Country Germany, France
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company unafilm
Website N/A

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Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Red Epic
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Printed Film Format DCP