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The Last Bid

1981 · 120 min

A grim, slow-burning study of working-class frustration, watching ordinary people pushed toward desperate choices by a rigged system.

Overview
The working class couple, Roger and Lisette, knows that it is impossible to live an honest life in a society of thieves. When they succeed in scoring the top result on the football pools without earning the top money, they have had enough.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • greed
  • corruption
  • betrayal
  • justice
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Christer Dahl
Written by
Anders Lönnbro, Bodil Mårtensson, Christer Dahl
Starring
Anders Lönnbro, Bodil Mårtensson, Hans Alfredson, Carl-Axel Heiknert, Weiron Holmberg, Roland Jansson, Sven Wollter, Harald 'Bagarn' Andersson
Music
Christer Boustedt
Cinematography
Göran Nilsson
Runtime
120 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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