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High Rise Life – The Movie

2012 · 83 min

A gentle, awkward comedy of friends behaving badly on a forced holiday, more cringe than laugh-out-loud.

Directed by
Mikael Syrén
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Johan Glans, Vanna Rosenberg, David Batra
Overview
For a long time, a group of friends have been on a yearly summer trip to Laholm. This year, they want to go somewhere else, at least everyone except Ulf, who force the others to join the trip - by saying he has cancer.

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Stream in the UK
  • Netflix
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Mikael Syrén
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Johan Glans, Vanna Rosenberg, David Batra
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • deception
  • identity
  • family
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
David Batra, Johan Glans
Starring
Johan Glans, Vanna Rosenberg, David Batra, Rachel Mohlin, Klara Zimmergren, Mads Ousdal, Mikael Syrén, Olle Jansson
Music
Niclas Fransson, Ryland Bouchard
Cinematography
Tomaz Blanck
Runtime
83 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Norwegian, Swedish

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