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Black Balls

2009 · 82 min

A sharp, cynical comedy that follows a man's unraveling with absurd humor and a dark edge.

Directed by
Joakim Höglund, Anders Matthesen
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Anders Matthesen, Søren Rislund, Iben Dorner
Overview
Alex Klein is a bankrupt real estate executive whose life is on a collision course. Not only do the market and his career look like a Trabant from before the fall of the Berlin Wall, but he has a wife who is thriving in success; a family whose habits are driving him insane; clients with bad taste and too much money. Not to mention 14-year-old baristas who think they know the difference between highland coffee beans, picked by virgins at midnight and the coffee from the local supermarket. So there's a lot getting on his nerves, so much so, that one day, when things become real serious, he can only weather the storm in his own repelling way.

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Directed by
Joakim Höglund, Anders Matthesen
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Anders Matthesen, Søren Rislund, Iben Dorner
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • work
  • family
  • ambition
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Joakim Höglund, Anders Matthesen
Written by
Anders Matthesen
Starring
Anders Matthesen, Søren Rislund, Iben Dorner, Søren Malling, Thomas Hartmann, Linda P, Jack Arnold, Jakob Fauerby
Music
Flemming Nordkrog, Tue Track
Cinematography
Mads Thomsen
Runtime
82 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
Danish

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