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Mirage

1959 · 82 min

An unsettling, dreamlike drift through a strange city, more mood and puzzle than story, asking patience and rewarding it with unease.

Overview
A young man comes to Stockholm, Sweden and experiences several bizarre and surrealistic situations.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • isolation
    • madness
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror3
    Humour2
    Realism3
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Peter Weiss
    Starring
    Staffan Lamm, Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss, Birger Åsander, Lars Edström, Tor-Ivan Odulf
    Music
    Lennart Fors
    Cinematography
    Gustaf Mandal
    Runtime
    82 min
    Country
    Sweden
    Languages
    Swedish

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