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The Garbage Helicopter

2015 · 100 min

A deadpan, bittersweet road trip through black-and-white Sweden, mixing quiet absurdity with a gentle, humane look at Roma life.

Directed by
Jonas Selberg Augustsén
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Jessica Szoppe, Christopher Burjanski, Daniel Szoppe
Overview
Somewhere in Sweden, a gigantic dumpster breaks free from a heavy chain suspended underneath a big helicopter. The dumpster hits the ground with a formidable crash and the garbage spouts out into the surroundings. Meanwhile, an aging Roma woman wakes up in her house with an extremely strong desire to get her old wall clock back.

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Directed by
Jonas Selberg Augustsén
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Jessica Szoppe, Christopher Burjanski, Daniel Szoppe
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • family
  • identity
  • isolation
  • aging
  • survival
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Jonas Selberg Augustsén
Written by
Jonas Selberg Augustsén
Starring
Jessica Szoppe, Christopher Burjanski, Daniel Szoppe, Singoalla Millon, Rafael Szoppe, Angelina Dimiter-Taikon, Josef Balok, Berthel Wiklund
Music
Jan Sandström
Cinematography
Anders Bohman
Runtime
100 min
Country
Qatar, Sweden
Languages
English, Swedish

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