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Hammar

1992 · 100 min

A quiet, disorienting Swedish drama where sleeplessness and too many crime novels blur the line between reading and living.

Genres
Drama
Overview
About Bror Hammar, a 35-year-old man who, due to insomnia, reads a huge amount of crime fiction. His life becomes one with what he reads.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Obsession, identity, isolation, madness
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    None
    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
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight5

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Håkan Alexandersson
    Starring
    Reine Brynolfsson, Krister Henriksson, Tomas Norström, Mats G. Bengtsson, Chris Anthony, Mickey Spillane
    Runtime
    100 min
    Country
    Sweden
    Languages
    English

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