The Opposite of Orange

Jan 19, 2016

0h 13m

★ 8.0

Overview

One night in a lonely hotel room, two strangers fatefully meet - one blind - one suicidal. During the night they spend together, they learn of each others differences and similarities and change as people.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Hamburg Media School

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Cast

Ralph

Thomas Fränzel

Lucie

Karoline Bär

hotel-worker

Delio Malär

Bartender

Jana Kirchhoff

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6.3

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6.5

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6.6

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1.0

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6.0

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7.0

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6.9

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4.6

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6.7

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7.2

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6.5

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7.0

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8.0

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7.4

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7.0

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0.0

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