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The Living Room of the Nation

2009 · 75 min

A quiet, patient gaze into ordinary Finnish homes, finding gentle humour and melancholy in small lives and the passing of time.

Directed by: Jukka Kärkkäinen
Genres: Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Starring: Tero Pihkakoski, Teuvo Hämäläinen, Jarl S. V. Sörensen

Overview: The Living Room of the Nation is a documentary film that portrays a number of Finnish living rooms. The film is a story of changes, the inevitable passing of time, and the human desire to be needed, visible.

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Directed by: Jukka Kärkkäinen
Genres: Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Starring: Tero Pihkakoski, Teuvo Hämäläinen, Jarl S. V. Sörensen

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: aging
isolation
family
parenthood
identity
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Humour	3
Realism	9
Romance	1
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Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: documentary, comedy, drama
Directed by: Jukka Kärkkäinen
Written by: Jani Kumpulainen, Sami Jahnukainen, Sini Liimatainen, Jukka Kärkkäinen
Starring: Tero Pihkakoski, Teuvo Hämäläinen, Jarl S. V. Sörensen, Arvi Kemppi, Erkki Kärkkäinen, Ritva Kärkkäinen
Runtime: 75 min
Country: Finland
Languages: Finnish

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