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The Hunt

Movie · 2012 · 111 min

A slow, suffocating watch that tightens around you as a kind community turns cold and cruel.

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2012 film by Thomas Vinterberg
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Class
Movie
Year
2012
Runtime
111 min
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • justice
  • morality
  • deception
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism9
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Thomas Vinterberg
Written by
Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm
Starring
Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Vinterberg, Alexandra Rapaport, Thomas Bo Larsen, Bjarne Henriksen, Lars Ranthe, Anne Louise Hassing, Susse Wold
Music
Nikolaj Egelund
Cinematography
Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Runtime
111 min
Country
Sweden, Denmark
Languages
Danish

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