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The Burden

2017 · 15 min

A quietly bleak, oddly catchy stop-motion musical that finds deadpan beauty in retail drudgery and existential dread.

Directed by: Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Genres: Music, Animation
Starring: Sven Björklund, Carl Englén, Mattias Fransson

Overview: A shopping center along a large highway is the scene of an apocalyptic musical. Animation with a strong sense of form set to auto-tuned music by Klungan. About liberation through great catastrophy.

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Directed by: Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Genres: Music, Animation
Starring: Sven Björklund, Carl Englén, Mattias Fransson

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
work
grief
freedom
death
Places: workplace
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: animated
musical
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	5
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: music, animation
Directed by: Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Written by: Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Starring: Sven Björklund, Carl Englén, Mattias Fransson, Olof Wretling
Music: Hans Appelqvist
Cinematography: Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Runtime: 15 min
Country: Sweden
Languages: Swedish

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