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Shades of Happiness

2005 · 103 min

A quiet, emotionally honest Finnish drama about tangled relationships, drifting slowly toward reconciliation and forgiveness.

Directed by
Claes Olsson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tiina Lymi, Nicke Lignell, Milka Ahlroth
Overview
Story about human relationships, love and forgiveness.

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Directed by
Claes Olsson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tiina Lymi, Nicke Lignell, Milka Ahlroth
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Claes Olsson
Written by
Anna-Leena Härkönen
Starring
Tiina Lymi, Nicke Lignell, Milka Ahlroth, Santeri Kinnunen, Anna-Leena Härkönen, Ahti Jokinen, Otto Kanerva, Pyry Kanerva
Music
Yari
Cinematography
Pertti Mutanen
Runtime
103 min
Country
Finland, Sweden
Languages
Finnish

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