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Under Gottsunda

2014 · 74 min

A drifting, half-dreamlike docudrama that drifts through restless teenage lives, feeling observant, quietly sad and slightly unsettling.

Directed by
Viktor Johansson
Genres
Drama, Documentary
Starring
Ali Almaseri, Kerim Ashkar, Sergej Brändén
Tagline
Something is moving under Gottsunda. Subcultures pop up like mushrooms. The burning car has an iceberg under it.
Overview
Teenage outsiders take refuge into an underground world of strange subcultures. A father is training his daughter to manage without him. The kids from Palestine are crafting slingshots. Two boys reject their parents in a rite of passage.

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Directed by
Viktor Johansson
Genres
Drama, Documentary
Starring
Ali Almaseri, Kerim Ashkar, Sergej Brändén
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, documentary
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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