Once You Shall Be One of Those Who Lived Long Ago

A quiet, mournful watch as a town is literally erased around the people who still call it home.

Directed by

Alexander Rynéus, Per Bifrost

Genres

Documentary

Overview

A documentary about the remaining people in Malmberget in north Sweden, a small town collapsing into the mines beneath it. As residents reflect on the once vibrant community, the town itself is slowly dismantled around them

How it feels

Melancholic, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Isolation, memory, aging, grief

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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