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Shut the Door

2000 · 10 min

A quiet, spare study in solitude and small domestic intrusions, it asks patience and rewards it with a lingering ache.

Overview
A young man lives in a flat with his mother. One day she falls ill suddenly only to pass away the following day. The young man is left alone in the flat. However a door that can't be shut properly means he must cope with unwanted intrusions.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • isolation
    • loneliness
    • death
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Directed by
    Jens Lien
    Written by
    Per Schreiner
    Starring
    Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Svein Amundsen, Klara Døving, Tonje Cecilie Grimstad, Henrik Høie, Oddmar Pedersen, Alexandra Perez-Seoane, Per Christian Veberg
    Runtime
    10 min
    Country
    Norway
    Languages
    Norwegian

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