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The Headman and I

2007 · 15 min

A quiet, reflective reunion across decades, watching two men and a landscape change, gentle and unhurried.

Directed by
Per-Åke Holmquist
Genres
Documentary
Overview
In the Thai mountains lives the headman Lao-Tong. In the late 1960s, the photographer PeÅ Holmquist met him for the first time. 27 years later, he returns.

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Directed by
Per-Åke Holmquist
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • aging
  • friendship
  • nature
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism10
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Per-Åke Holmquist
Runtime
15 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish, Thai

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