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Absolute Hangover

1999 · 82 min

A bittersweet, messy portrait of a relationship strained by addiction, mixing uncomfortable laughs with quiet desperation.

Directed by
Petter Næss
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Ingar Helge Gimle, Brit Elisabeth Haagensli, Per Christian Ellefsen
Overview
John and Siri Lill are a couple who have been together for most of their forty something years, but are yet to be married. He works for a newspaper, and is a heavy drinker. She is a respected hairdresser, working for Birger, a commom friend. John, usually, bottle-in-hand is an ace at being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Tired of John's drinking, Siri decides to leave him and move to her parents' house. John's drinking then worsens, and their apartment becomes a mess. Siri decides to return to her and John's place, and that's when the Absolute Hangover really begins with a vengeance.

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Directed by
Petter Næss
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Ingar Helge Gimle, Brit Elisabeth Haagensli, Per Christian Ellefsen
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • love
  • family
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
Axel Hellstenius
Starring
Ingar Helge Gimle, Brit Elisabeth Haagensli, Per Christian Ellefsen, Gard B. Eidsvold, Anette Hoff, Kari Simonsen, Erik Øksnes, Øystein Røger
Runtime
82 min
Country
Norway
Languages
Norwegian

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