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Livets dans

1998 · 54 min

A sombre, reflective portrait that drifts through a painter's memories, asking patience as it traces how early sorrows shape a life and an art.

Directed by
Sølvi A. Lindseth
Starring
Per Hjorth, Christer Häll, Kim Kolstad
Overview
A film about the painter Edvard Munch and his life and works. The film is based upon important events in Munch's life and attempts to capture the painters diversity and dilemma, to find connections between the events of his childhood and youth, his art and his adult life. The film follows in his footsteps from childhood to old age.

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Directed by
Sølvi A. Lindseth
Starring
Per Hjorth, Christer Häll, Kim Kolstad
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • identity
  • grief
  • isolation
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Directed by
Sølvi A. Lindseth
Starring
Per Hjorth, Christer Häll, Kim Kolstad, Henny Moan, Bjørn Skagestad, Terje Strømdahl
Runtime
54 min
Country
Norway
Languages
Norwegian

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