The Girl and the Spider

Name: The Girl and the Spider
Genre: Drama
Released: April 8, 2022
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 83
Cast: André Hennicke, Birte Schnoeink, Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet, Flurin Giger, Henriette Confurius

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Cinema Guild | Release Date: April 8, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: André Hennicke, Birte Schnoeink, Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet, Flurin Giger, Henriette Confurius, Ivan Georgiev, Lea Draeger, Liliane Amuat, Sabine Timoteo, Ursina Lardi

Summary: As her roommate Lisa prepares to move out of their apartment, Mara contemplates the end of an era. Furniture is moved, walls painted, cupboards built. Amid all the hustle and bustle, secret longings and desires come to the surface and coalesce around the roommates as well as around Lisa’s mother Astrid, the movers, the girls’ old neighbors,As her roommate Lisa prepares to move out of their apartment, Mara contemplates the end of an era. Furniture is moved, walls painted, cupboards built. Amid all the hustle and bustle, secret longings and desires come to the surface and coalesce around the roommates as well as around Lisa’s mother Astrid, the movers, the girls’ old neighbors, the neighbors’ cat, Lisa’s new neighbor and an ever-expanding cast of characters. Day turns into night and one final party in the apartment. When the last box is moved, the fragments of their lives remain.
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Director: Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zuercher

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 99 min

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Sumner Forbes

May 5, 2022

Meticulously crafted with powerfully nuanced performances, the film represents the best of what European cinema has to offer and is easily among the year’s best. Read full review

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Ben Kenigsberg

Apr 7, 2022

The film demands and rewards repeat viewings; it’s different, and more entrancing, every time. Read full review

The Film Stage Christopher Schobert

Sep 18, 2021

The Girl and the Spider’s lovely concluding shot visualizes this fading relationship, and stands as the filmmakers’ final statement on the fleeting nature of love in all its forms. It is both bitter and sweet. So is this beautiful film. Read full review

IndieWire Ryan Lattanzio

Sep 18, 2021

This is an odd film of poetic abstractions and ellipses, but consistently fascinating in its unrepentant coyness. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Mar 24, 2022

Few directors could get away with giving audiences so little context or plot, but the Zürchers succeed in piquing our curiosity, which is all one really needs to sustain a film. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Apr 8, 2022

My own taste runs to different modes of poetic cinema, but I credit The Girl and the Spider for the seemingly paradoxical clarity of its mysterious vision. Read full review

Carson Lund

Mar 24, 2022

Zürcher spins byzantine webs of audiovisual stimuli from an ultimately modest dramatic core, and not only is the larger narrative design unclear before it’s finally revealed, it’s easy to get stuck dwelling on the minutia along the way. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Jun 23, 2022

This is quite a laidback and somehow/somewhat subtle film. It has a nice feel to it - its got a dreamy sense to it too I thought. I liked hearing the stories about the characters past and seeing how they opened up to one another. This is an enjoyable and possibly somewhat poignant, if notThis is quite a laidback and somehow/somewhat subtle film. It has a nice feel to it - its got a dreamy sense to it too I thought. I liked hearing the stories about the characters past and seeing how they opened up to one another. This is an enjoyable and possibly somewhat poignant, if not overly memorable, film. I'd recommend it, yes.… Expand

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AncientAmber

May 22, 2022

This felt like an interesting short mood-piece (there is essentially no plot beyond what the blurb tells you) stretched way too long.
The film seems to want to employ a lot of symbolism and such while also being naturalistic, but it doesn't really do either very well. It's full ofThis felt like an interesting short mood-piece (there is essentially no plot beyond what the blurb tells you) stretched way too long.
The film seems to want to employ a lot of symbolism and such while also being naturalistic, but it doesn't really do either very well. It's full of "meaningful" looks that wouldn't be out of place on an episode of Neighbours.
Indeed, I got the sense that the film makers thought they were making something kinda deep, but it just felt pretentious and like a first project out of film school. I think I only got to the end because it looks like the kind of film I would like and find deeper meaning in, but I got there and found nothing.
The central performance was good, I found the actress to be a fairly compelling screen presence, but this may only be because of her mesmerising eyes, I look forward to seeing her again in something to find out. The other performances were also decent. However, because I cared so little about all of the characters, and the context of these performances is only suggested at most, the good work of the actors barely touched me emotionally or intellectually.
Overall it was a very disappointing experience. Critics seem to like it a lot; it's the kind of film I like. It was boring and empty and a waste of my time, and the more I think about it the more annoying it gets. Sorry.… Expand

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