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Syndabocken

1980 · 135 min

A slow, suffocating study of small-town hostility that leaves you feeling alienated and drained.

Directed by: Gösta Folke
Genres: Drama
Starring: Leif Hedberg, Arne Källerud, Lickå Sjöman

Overview: "The Black Sheep" - Edvard Libotz, a young lawyer arrives in town, after failing to work as a High Court notary. He now plans to open his own agency. But he is different, looks foreign, is dark haired like a gypsy, and becomes very unpopular with the locals and the City prosecutor. By August Strindberg, published in 1907.

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Directed by: Gösta Folke
Genres: Drama
Starring: Leif Hedberg, Arne Källerud, Lickå Sjöman

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
class
power
justice
Places: small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Gösta Folke
Starring: Leif Hedberg, Arne Källerud, Lickå Sjöman, Carl-Åke Eriksson, Gunnar Öhlund, Lars Humble
Runtime: 135 min
Country: Sweden

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