Movie

Aikalainen

1984 · 72 min

A sour, inward, talk-heavy descent into a bitter man's self-loathing, more to be endured than enjoyed.

Overview: A Finnish adaptation of Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, cynical and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, identity, guilt, obsession
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 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
guilt
obsession
morality
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild