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Swimming Lessons

1988 · 42 min

A quiet, contemplative chamber piece that watches an older couple strain against life's harsh terms with subdued melancholy.

Directed by
Zrinko Ogresta
Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Starring
Smiljka Bencet, Maja Dimitrijević, Slavica Jukić
Overview
A married couple of intellectuals, who have reached their third age, are not ready to get involved and accept the cruel rules that life imposes on them...

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Directed by
Zrinko Ogresta
Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Starring
Smiljka Bencet, Maja Dimitrijević, Slavica Jukić
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • aging
  • family
  • identity
  • isolation
  • morality
Places
  • home
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
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
tv movie, drama
Directed by
Zrinko Ogresta
Written by
Gojko Bjelac
Starring
Smiljka Bencet, Maja Dimitrijević, Slavica Jukić, Jovan Ličina, Danko Ljuština, Suzana Nikolić, Siniša Popović, Vera Zima
Runtime
42 min
Country
Yugoslavia
Languages
Serbo-Croatian

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