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Vandalism

1977 · 132 min

A slow, suffocating descent into self-destruction, watching a man dismantle his own life with grim inevitability.

Directed by: Ole Roos
Genres: Drama
Starring: Ole Ernst, Kirsten Peüliche, Jesper Christensen

Overview: Based upon the novel "Hærværk" by Tom Kristensen about the self destructive person. The literary reviewer Ole Jastrau chooses to free himself from his well-ordered middle class life. He allow the seriously left-wing writer Steffensen move in with himself which soon causes disintegration of his home an marriage.

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Directed by: Ole Roos
Genres: Drama
Starring: Ole Ernst, Kirsten Peüliche, Jesper Christensen

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
identity
isolation
betrayal
class
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Ole Roos
Written by: Klaus Rifbjerg, Ole Roos
Starring: Ole Ernst, Kirsten Peüliche, Jesper Christensen, Jørgen Reenberg, Ebbe Rode, Axel Strøbye, Ghita Nørby, Buster Larsen
Cinematography: Peter Roos
Runtime: 132 min
Country: Denmark
Languages: Danish

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