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Bastard

2016 · 97 min

A tense, quietly grim chamber drama where a family dinner curdles into buried secrets and a sudden, fatal reckoning.

Directed by
Samppa Batal
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Eppu Pastinen, Satu Silvo, Krista Hannula
Overview
A fatal collision that follows after two lovers, Simo and Jonna, discover during a family dinner that his mother and her father might have had an affair in the past.

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Directed by
Samppa Batal
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Eppu Pastinen, Satu Silvo, Krista Hannula
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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
  • family
  • betrayal
  • deception
  • guilt
  • love
Places
  • single country house
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Samppa Batal
Written by
Samppa Batal, Krista Hannula
Starring
Eppu Pastinen, Satu Silvo, Krista Hannula, Anssi Niemi, Jonathan Hutchings, Anna Böhm, Ernest Lawson
Cinematography
Miikka Pakarinen
Runtime
97 min
Country
Finland
Languages
English, Finnish

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