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Confessions of a Fool

1976 · 1 season

A slow, intense psychological portrait of a volatile marriage, demanding emotional engagement and offering little lightness.

Created by
Kjell Grede
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bibi Andersson, Gösta Ekman, Grynet Molvig
Overview
Based on August Strindberg’s autobiographical novel about his marriage to Siri von Essen. She was married when she met him, but abandoned her husband, became Strindberg’s mistress and later his wife.

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Created by
Kjell Grede
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bibi Andersson, Gösta Ekman, Grynet Molvig
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • love
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • obsession
  • gender
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Created by
Kjell Grede
Written by
Kjell Grede
Starring
Bibi Andersson, Gösta Ekman, Grynet Molvig, Tomas Bolme, Gerd Hagman, Lisbeth Zachrisson, Arne Källerud, Marie Göranzon
Cinematography
Tony Forsberg
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 192 min each
Network
SVT2
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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