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Fredag ettermiddag

2013 · 22 min

A quiet, watchful short that sits with a child's fear, tender and uneasy, asking you to lean in rather than look away.

Overview
Jonas is 7 years old and lives with his mother. They have just moved to a small municipality. Jonas is used to moving, but now he is scared that his mom is ill again.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • family
  • parenthood
  • fate
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Torunn Calmeyer Ringen
Written by
Lena Steimler
Starring
Mikkel Mæhlum Farner, Lena Kristin Ellingsen, Thorbjørn Harr, Assad Siddique, Alva Bjelvin, Enok Bøhler-Nilsen, Hanne Olstad, Filip Jose Høyland Dominguez
Cinematography
Roger Haugen
Runtime
22 min
Country
Norway
Languages
Norwegian

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