Cinematography:
Alexander HaßkerlCast:
Henriette Confurius, Liliane Amuat, Ursina Lardi, Flurin Giger, André Hennicke, Ivan Georgiev, Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet, Lea Draeger, Sabine Timoteo (more)Plots(1)
Over the course of two days and one night, as Lisa moves out of the apartment she has shared with Mara and into the one where she will live alone, many things will break and some will be repaired. Like the titular spider’s web, the film has a perfect, fragile geometry. Set almost entirely in interiors, it is also an involuntary summary of the paradoxical age of the pandemic. The transition from one abode to another, and the energy that is released between one story ending and another beginning, puts the entire ensemble into an altered state of grace. This creates a sort of seductive jam session, replete with the evocative presence of totemic animals. It is, as they say at one point, “As if a secret force were holding everything together”. This weird magnetism comes from the Zürcher brothers’ organic writing and directing. Once again, framing, scale and deep focus are all essential elements of their cinematic language, while the editing orchestrates themes and figures at a relentless pace. This leads to constant formal tension between movements, gazes, sounds, colours and details, which all support each other as if part of a dizzying house of cards. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Henriette Confurius
Germany
Best movies:
Line of Separation (2015) (series)
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
Fog in August (2016)
Liliane Amuat
Switzerland
Best movies:
Those Who Are Fine (2017)
The Girl and the Spider (2021)
Ursina Lardi
Switzerland
Best movies:
The White Ribbon (2009)
The Foster Boy (2011)
A Good Boy (2008) (TV movie)
Flurin Giger
Switzerland
Best movies:
What's Between Us (2015)
Tatort (1970) (series)
The Girl and the Spider (2021)
André Hennicke
East Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Ivan Georgiev
Bulgaria
Best movies:
Vanity (2015)
Those Who Are Fine (2017)
The Girl and the Spider (2021)
Dagna Litzenberger-Vinet
Best movies:
The Zurich Affair - Wagner's One and Only Love (2021)
The Girl and the Spider (2021)
Fluss des Lebens (2013) (series)
Lea Draeger
Germany
Best movies:
The Strange Little Cat (2013)
All of a Sudden (2016)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Sabine Timoteo
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Collini Case (2019)
The Free Will (2006)
A Friend of Mine (2006)
Birte Schnoeink
West Germany
Best movies:
Lore (2012)
Remembrance (2011)
Amour Fou (2014)
Seraphina Schweiger
Best movies:
The Girl and the Spider (2021)