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Something Must Break

2014 · 84 min

A raw, intimate plunge into a restless queer romance, by turns tender and unsettling, that lingers in the body and the memory.

Directed by
Ester Martin Bergsmark
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Saga Becker, Iggy Malmborg, Shima Niavarani
Tagline
I've Never Loved a Boy Like You Before...
Overview
A gritty story taking place in Stockholm, about the passionate love between the self-abusive Sebastian who wants to be a woman, and the easy-going Andreas who is certainly not gay.

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Directed by
Ester Martin Bergsmark
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Saga Becker, Iggy Malmborg, Shima Niavarani
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • identity
  • love
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • healing
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
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Written by
Ester Martin Bergsmark, Eli Levén, Lars Bang
Starring
Saga Becker, Iggy Malmborg, Shima Niavarani, Mattias Åhlén, Daniel Nyström, Emil Almén, Axel Petersén, Carl-Michael Edenborg
Cinematography
Minka Jakerson, Lisabi Fridell
Runtime
84 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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