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Sunday Dinner

1991 · 16 min

A quiet, wordless slice of domestic life that asks you to watch closely and feel the small rituals of family.

Overview
Early dialogue free short by Bent Hamer.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • aging
  • isolation
  • parenthood
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Bent Hamer
Written by
Bent Hamer
Starring
Rolf Søder, Øyvind Gulliksen, Martin Simensen
Runtime
16 min
Country
Norway

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