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The Foreigner

1 season

A quiet, sombre character study of belonging and estrangement, unfolding slowly with a heavy, introspective mood.

Created by
Eduard Galić
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sanja Vejnović, Ksenija Pajić, Milka Podrug-Kokotović
Overview
Apart from the fact that he feels neither as a citizen nor as a peasant, nothing binds the main protagonist to his place of birth in this typical Simunovic work about homo duplex, deeply contaminated with a feeling of pain.

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Created by
Eduard Galić
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sanja Vejnović, Ksenija Pajić, Milka Podrug-Kokotović
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • isolation
    • class
    • family
    Places
    • countryside
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Eduard Galić
    Written by
    Dominik Zen, Nikola Vončina, Dinko Šimunović, Eduard Galić
    Starring
    Sanja Vejnović, Ksenija Pajić, Milka Podrug-Kokotović, Marija Kohn, Dragan Despot, Mira Furlan, Zoja Odak, Maro Martinović
    Length
    1 seasons, 1 episodes
    Country
    Yugoslavia
    Languages
    Serbo-Croatian

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