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Zoombie

1982 · 1 season

A slow, wry character study that lets you sit with a quietly humiliated man as he slowly, awkwardly finds his footing.

Created by
Lars Molin
Genres
Comedy, Soap, Drama
Starring
Anders Nyström, Lis Nilheim, Staffan Hallerstam
Overview
A different family comedy in three parts with the man in the center. A beautiful and instructive story about a small, fat, middle-aged agency manager with a high salary. We get to follow the bullied and exploited Holger in his difficult struggle from pupa to fly-ready butterfly.

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Created by
Lars Molin
Genres
Comedy, Soap, Drama
Starring
Anders Nyström, Lis Nilheim, Staffan Hallerstam
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • class
  • identity
  • power
  • family
Places
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, soap, drama
Created by
Lars Molin
Written by
Lars Molin
Starring
Anders Nyström, Lis Nilheim, Staffan Hallerstam, Sissela Kyle, Joakim Schröder, Jarl Borssén, Margreth Weivers, Niels Dybeck
Length
1 seasons, 3 episodes, 150 min each
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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