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The Subtenant

2008 · 104 min

A chaotic, talky farce that keeps piling on awkward schemes and bodily mishaps, played broad and theatrical.

Overview
A farce about blackmailing, a kidney transplant operation performed at home, deviants and human relationships.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • family
  • morality
  • identity
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour8
Realism6
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Matti Grönberg
Written by
Heikki Vihinen, Timo Kahilainen
Starring
Mikko Kivinen, Heikki Silvennoinen, Heikki Hela, Tuija Ernamo, Timo Kahilainen, Mari Turunen, Jasper Pääkkönen, Heikki Vihinen
Cinematography
Jari Mutikainen
Runtime
104 min
Country
Finland
Languages
Finnish

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