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Det är långt till New York

1988 · 113 min

A quiet, sobering plunge into a company town's unraveling, heavy with resignation and the slow ache of livelihoods slipping away.

Overview: In a Swedish industrial community people are forced into unemployment to turn a iron-works company's negative profitability trend. Martin Holmbäck arrives from Stockholm to effect the layoffs.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Work, class, isolation, power
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: work
class
isolation
power
family
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Bengt Danneborn
Written by: Bengt Danneborn, Lennart Persson
Starring: Lars Litens, Mikael Bergström, Ewa Carlsson, Marketta Franssila, My Friberg, Lena Gustavsson, Evald Johansson, Erik Kiviniemi
Runtime: 113 min
Country: Sweden
Languages: Swedish