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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope Laboratories
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope Laboratories
  • 1 h 58 m

Summary This not-quite-documentary takes place far away and out of sight, on the margins and off the grid of American society. It tells the stories of April, Dave, Cindy, Rick and a man who calls himself ‘the Godfather.’ From a couple scraping by in the depths of the flood channels located beneath Sin City, to a man living in a reclaimed militar...

Directed By: Nicolas Steiner

Written By: Nicolas Steiner

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope Laboratories
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope Laboratories
  • 1 h 58 m

Above and Below

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary This not-quite-documentary takes place far away and out of sight, on the margins and off the grid of American society. It tells the stories of April, Dave, Cindy, Rick and a man who calls himself ‘the Godfather.’ From a couple scraping by in the depths of the flood channels located beneath Sin City, to a man living in a reclaimed militar...

Directed By: Nicolas Steiner

Written By: Nicolas Steiner

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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17% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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100
Apr 13, 2016
At nearly two hours, the film might strike some as overlong, and yet the edit finds so many masterful connections en route to its exhilarating climax that it’s easy to fall under the pic’s hypnotic spell.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
90
Apr 14, 2016
The film is a wonder of desert skies, slick tunnels, bumptious fence- and wall-climbing, and occasional staged reveries.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 10, 2016
The documentary lingers on silences and reveals its subjects only through moments of quotidian behavior.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 14, 2016
Mr. Steiner’s tightly interconnected documentary, with transporting shots, visits people on the margins in the United States.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 13, 2016
An intriguing and absorbing delve into almost alien parts of the United States.
By Mark Adams FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 14, 2016
Many of the cuts and interplay between subjects seem like filler rather than commentary; the lightshows of LEDs and flashlights dancing off the dank walls of sewers reveal no more than a flashy visual sensibility.
By Jacob Oller FULL REVIEW

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Production Company 3sat, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Flying Moon Filmproduktion, Maximage GmbH, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)
Release Date Apr 15, 2016
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.abc-films.at/repertoire/10-repertoire/8-above-and-below
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Awards

German Film Awards
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Swiss Film Prize
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
ZagrebDox
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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