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Alive

2020 · 23 min

A quiet, intimate character study that slowly tightens with unease as hope and worry pull against each other.

Directed by
Jimmy Olsson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Eva Johansson, Madeleine Martin, Joel Ödmann
Overview
Victoria is disabled and yearns for intimacy, so her assistant Ida offers to help by making a Tinder profile. Victoria gets a match, but the guy she is matching with is very shady, and Ida worries about what might happen if they meet.

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Directed by
Jimmy Olsson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Eva Johansson, Madeleine Martin, Joel Ödmann
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • love
  • parenthood
  • betrayal
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jimmy Olsson
Written by
Jimmy Olsson
Starring
Eva Johansson, Madeleine Martin, Joel Ödmann, Philip Oros, Jimmy Olsson
Runtime
23 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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