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East of Sweden

2018 · 104 min

A tense, morally charged night-train encounter that keeps you uneasy and guessing about what each man hides.

Tagline
Truth changes everything
Overview
Three men meet on a night train on the border of Finland and Sweden. All three are concealing something, and a sudden confrontation amongst them leads to disastrous consequences, with two of them being forced to make a joint decision.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • guilt
  • morality
  • isolation
  • fate
Places
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Simo Halinen
Written by
Simo Halinen
Starring
Samuli Vauramo, David Nzinga, Laura Birn, Andreas af Enehielm, Sara Paavolainen, Wäinö Pylkkönen, Mazdak Nassir, Lauri Untamo
Music
Markus Koskinen
Cinematography
Henri Blomberg
Runtime
104 min
Country
Finland, Sweden
Languages
Swedish, Finnish, English, Portuguese

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