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Ursula

1986 · 117 min

Cool, muted and quietly uneasy, it drifts through youth and crime with a detached, melancholic chill.

Directed by: Jaakko Pyhälä
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Heidi Kilpeläinen, Petri Aalto, Ville Virtanen

Overview: 18-year-old Ursula wants to be an adult, but Mårten and Harri, both in their thirties, do not. Ursula ends up becoming a drug courier for the men.

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Directed by: Jaakko Pyhälä
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Heidi Kilpeläinen, Petri Aalto, Ville Virtanen

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: coming-of-age
crime
addiction
identity
betrayal
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, crime
Directed by: Jaakko Pyhälä
Written by: Jaakko Pyhälä
Starring: Heidi Kilpeläinen, Petri Aalto, Ville Virtanen, Cris af Enehielm, Tomi Salmela, Reino Nordin, Johan Donner, Pekka Uotila
Music: Antti Hytti
Cinematography: Pertti Mutanen
Runtime: 117 min
Country: Finland
Languages: Finnish

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