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**Courage to Tell Without Judging** For those who can engage with a story where the creators have the courage to depict people without dividing their actions into what they "should" or "should not" do, without constantly playing the role of judge, and instead focusing on the s…
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The Free Will
70%
Movie
2h 43m
AI Analysis
The Free Will (2006) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Free Will (2006) — a movie tagged as Crime and Drama with epic moods and slow-burn pacing.
Story & themes: After nine years in psychiatric detention Theo, who has brutally assaulted and raped three women, is released. Living in a supervised community, he connects well with his social worker Sascha, finds a job at a print shop and even a girlfriend, Nettie, his principal's brittle and estranged daughter. But even though s… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect slow-burn storytelling (~163 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Free Will 70% (56 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
After nine years in psychiatric detention Theo, who has brutally assaulted and raped three women, is released. Living in a supervised community, he connects well with his social worker Sascha, finds a job at a print shop and even a girlfriend, Nettie, his principal's brittle and estranged daughter. But even though superficially everything seems to work out Theo's seething rage remains ready to erupt.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2006-08-23
- Runtime
- 2h 43m
- TMDB rating
- 7.0
- TMDB ID
- 9999
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After nine years in psychiatric detention Theo, who has brutally assaulted and raped three women, is released. Living in a supervised community, he connects well with his social worker Sascha, find... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie The Free Will?
The official runtime for The Free Will is approximately 163 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Jürgen Vogel
Theo
Sabine Timoteo
Nettie
André Hennicke
Sascha
Manfred Zapatka
Nettie's father
Judith Engel
Anja Schattschneider
Maya Bothe
Sybille
- A
Anna Brass
Raped woman in the dunes
- A
Anne-Kathrin Golinsky
Seller in department store
- A
Anna De Carlo
Waitress
- F
Frank Wickermann
Michael
- B
Bernadette Büllmann
Singer of "Ave Maria"
- M
Marcel Batangtaris
Toni
- A
Andreas Laurenz Maier
Marius
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**Courage to Tell Without Judging** For those who can engage with a story where the creators have the courage to depict people without dividing their actions into what they "should" or "should not" do, without constantly playing the role of judge, and instead focusing on the subjective experience of these individuals, this film comes highly recommended. It is not a "beautiful" film. There are no simple answers. But the emotions and experiences of the people involved are portrayed in a way that is intense, unfiltered, and realistic. So honest and raw that it hurts. For everyone else, colorful Disney films are recommended. In those, there is always a "good" and a "bad," and everyone gets what they deserve according to the unrelenting moral judgment of the story. Sadly, the reviews from the "morally superior" will likely be just as negative for Glasner's new film, as "grace" in their view is only reserved for the "good" ones...
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