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Cold

2004 · 91 min

A slow, suffocating descent into group cruelty, leaving you uneasy and drained long after it ends.

Directed by
Lars Norén
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Björn Bengtsson, Tito Pencheff, Ulf Rönnerstrand
Overview
About the murder of John Hron in Kode, Sweden, 1996. "Kyla" is a state of mind, it gives the image of the fatherless patriarchate's lost sons. The graduation of three boys gather at a lake celebrating that school has ended, but they has no future to look forward to. The atmosphere is tense and they beat down quickly on each other's faults and shortcomings, inciting each other.

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Directed by
Lars Norén
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Björn Bengtsson, Tito Pencheff, Ulf Rönnerstrand
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • guilt
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Lars Norén
Written by
Lars Norén
Starring
Björn Bengtsson, Tito Pencheff, Ulf Rönnerstrand, Kristofer Kamiyasu
Runtime
91 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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