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A Serious Game

2016 · 116 min

A slow, aching plunge into forbidden love, where every glance and silence carries the weight of lives quietly breaking.

Directed by: Pernilla August
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Sverrir Gudnason, Karin Franz Körlof, Liv Mjönes

Overview: In the 1910s, journalist Arvid Stjärnblom and painter's daughter Lydia Stille fall in love with each other.

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Directed by: Pernilla August
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Sverrir Gudnason, Karin Franz Körlof, Liv Mjönes

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: love
betrayal
class
guilt
grief
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	8
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Pernilla August
Written by: Lone Scherfig
Starring: Sverrir Gudnason, Karin Franz Körlof, Liv Mjönes, Michael Nyqvist, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Sven Nordin, Göran Ragnerstam, Richard Forsgren
Cinematography: Erik Molberg Hansen
Runtime: 116 min
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

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