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Olivia Twist

2002 · 1 season

A somber, slow-burning modern retelling that trades Victorian grime for cold Nordic streets, keeping the ache of a lost child at its center.

Created by: Lars Bill Lundholm
Genres: Drama
Starring: Mylaine Hedreul, Michael Nyqvist, Gerhard Hoberstorfer

Overview: Charles Dickens's classical Oliver Twist story, but set in modern day Stockholm and with a girl as the main character.

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Created by: Lars Bill Lundholm
Genres: Drama
Starring: Mylaine Hedreul, Michael Nyqvist, Gerhard Hoberstorfer

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
class
crime
family
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Created by: Lars Bill Lundholm
Written by: Lars Bill Lundholm
Starring: Mylaine Hedreul, Michael Nyqvist, Gerhard Hoberstorfer, Kalled Mustonen, Martin Hallgren, Viktor Källander, Antti Reini, Lisa Werlinder
Music: Jan Tolf, Alfons Karabuda
Cinematography: Per Källberg
Length: 1 seasons, 7 episodes, 29 min each
Network: SVT1
Country: Sweden
Languages: Swedish

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