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Troubled Water

2008 · 115 min

A quiet, heavy drama that asks you to sit with guilt and grief, slowly tightening as past and present converge.

Directed by
Erik Poppe
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pål Sverre Hagen, Trine Dyrholm, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Overview
A man with a troubled past is released on parole. He finds work as a church organist and develops a rewarding relationship with a priest and her young son. However, his past soon catches up with him.

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Directed by
Erik Poppe
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pål Sverre Hagen, Trine Dyrholm, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • guilt
  • redemption
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Erik Poppe
Written by
Harald Rosenløw-Eeg
Starring
Pål Sverre Hagen, Trine Dyrholm, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Fredrik Grøndahl, Trond Espen Seim, Angelou Garcia, Henriette Garcia, Terje Strømdahl
Music
Johan Söderqvist
Cinematography
Ingeborg Klyve, John Christian Rosenlund
Runtime
115 min
Country
Germany, Norway, Sweden
Languages
Danish, Norwegian

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