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The First AD

2014 · 23 min

A cringe-inducing workplace comedy that tightens like a spring, letting you squirm as a young idealist is ground down before an explosive, cathartic snap.

Directed by
Erland Beskow
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Morgan Alling, Suzanne Reuter, David Arnesen
Tagline
One day you just snap
Overview
A Swedish independent comedy about power. The 25-year-old idealist ANTON is First AD (First Assistant Director) on a feature film shooting. 10-year-old lead character KLARA has a strong fairness pathos and she and Anton become friends during filming. Anton's role as leader of the shooting is torpedoed from all sides and he gets more and more broken down by the job - and one day he just snaps! Klara sees what happens and is forced to use the great power she actually has, to really make a change.

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Directed by
Erland Beskow
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Morgan Alling, Suzanne Reuter, David Arnesen
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • work
  • class
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Erland Beskow
Written by
Erland Beskow
Starring
Morgan Alling, Suzanne Reuter, David Arnesen, Ebba Trulsson, Mattias Tor Pettersson, Janna Granström, Bert-Åke Varg, Eva Funck
Runtime
23 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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