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Mai Zetterling's Stockholm

1978 · 52 min

A playful, essayistic tour that blurs documentary and performance, asking you to watch closely as one performer inhabits a whole city's self-image. It feels wry, personal and a little theatrical rather than conventionally informative.

Overview: Mai Zetterling explores Swedish cultural canon in a Canadian TV-production called “Cities”. Zetterling herself play all the prominent roles.

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 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
art
media
memory
celebrity
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: mockumentary
documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	2
Darkness	2
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Mai Zetterling
Starring: Mai Zetterling
Runtime: 52 min
Country: Canada, United Kingdom
Languages: English

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