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Remembrance

2013 · 69 min

A quiet, nostalgic drift through memory and place that feels like leafing through a beloved old photo album.

Directed by: Peter von Bagh
Genres: Documentary

Tagline: A Small Movie About Oulu in the 1950s
Overview: Peter von Bagh takes us on a trip to his homeland and Oulu, a small Finnish town, tracing the turbulent changes it has undergone in the 20th century. A life of the filmmaker, a history of his home and a history of cinema intersect in this magical film that works like a time machine. (text: International FIlm Festival Rotterdam

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Directed by: Peter von Bagh
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
identity
aging
art
Places: small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	1
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Peter von Bagh
Written by: Peter von Bagh
Runtime: 69 min
Country: Finland
Languages: Finnish

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