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Filip

2015 · 11 min

A quiet, tender glimpse into a child's confusion, watching him absorb something he can't yet name.

Directed by: Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Genres: Drama
Starring: Josef Waldfogel, August Segerholm, Simon Reithner

Tagline: Some feelings don’t have names yet.
Overview: Seven-year-old Filip admires his older brother Sebastian most of all. They fool around, watch movies and play football together. One evening Filip happens to see something unexpected between Sebastian and his best friend and Filip doesn't know how to handle it.

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Directed by: Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Genres: Drama
Starring: Josef Waldfogel, August Segerholm, Simon Reithner

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: coming-of-age
identity
family
sexuality
loyalty
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Written by: Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Starring: Josef Waldfogel, August Segerholm, Simon Reithner, Emma Swenninger
Cinematography: Sebastian Sheild
Runtime: 11 min
Country: Sweden
Languages: Swedish

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