Christiane F. (1981)

Directed by Uli Edel · Cinematography by Jürgen Jürges, Justus Pankau

R138 min192 frames

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What is Christiane F. about?

A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.

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What does the cinematography of Christiane F. look like?

Sampled across 191 frames, the coverage of Christiane F. leans on medium shots (47% of the sample) and close-ups (32%). Cinematographer Jürgen Jürges keeps 56% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 68% of the frames. Focus stays shallow in 85% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Christiane F.?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Christiane F. (1981) are #2e2e2e, #0d0d0d, #50504e, #d2d2d0, #acaeae, #8b8d8d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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