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Broke

2017 · 35 min

A quiet, uncomfortable school-day drama about shame and social standing, told with restraint and a low hum of tension.

Overview
A teenager's millionaire father goes bankrupt, and rumors about the girl's family finances make the school day a painful struggle.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • family
    • identity
    • isolation
    Places
    • school
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Bjørn Erik Pihlmann Sørensen
    Written by
    Einar Sverdrup
    Starring
    Hanne Brincker, Sofie Foss-Jacobsen, Yngvild Støen Grotmol, Arthur Hakalahti, Camilla Augusta Hallan, Antonie Venstad Pihlmann, Terje Ranes, Marcus Rix
    Music
    Aleksandar Dimitrijević
    Cinematography
    Tor Eigil Scheide
    Runtime
    35 min
    Country
    Norway
    Languages
    Norwegian

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