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Call Girl

2012 · 140 min

A slow-burn, quietly enraging plunge into a corrupt world, leaving a lingering sense of injustice and unease.

Directed by: Mikael Marcimain
Genres: Thriller, Drama
Starring: Sofia Karemyr, Josefin Asplund, Ruth Vega Fernandez

Tagline: Youth is seductive. Power is corrupt.
Overview: Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.

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Directed by: Mikael Marcimain
Genres: Thriller, Drama
Starring: Sofia Karemyr, Josefin Asplund, Ruth Vega Fernandez

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: corruption
power
class
exploration
betrayal
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: thriller, drama
Directed by: Mikael Marcimain
Written by: Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
Starring: Sofia Karemyr, Josefin Asplund, Ruth Vega Fernandez, Pernilla August, Simon J. Berger, Sven Nordin, David Dencik, Magnus Krepper
Music: Mattias Bärjed
Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema
Runtime: 140 min
Country: Sweden
Languages: Swedish

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