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Oldboys

2009 · 100 min

A gentle, bittersweet road movie that blends quiet melancholy with warm comedy as a lonely man slowly reconnects with life.

Overview: Now in his fifties, Vagn leads a solitary life and plays football with a group of similarly aged men, some even older. After being left behind at a petrol station by his teammates on their way to a match in Sweden, he encounters a young habitual offender and together they set off in hot pursuit of Vagn's buddies. A Nordic road movie taking in a whole series of comic, serious and, above all, well-written scenarios.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
friendship
identity
redemption
aging
Places: road trip
countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Nikolaj Steen
Written by: Nikolaj Steen
Starring: Kristian Halken, Robert Hansen, Laura Christensen, Rasmus Bjerg, Leif Sylvester, Ole Thestrup, Niels Skousen, Bodil Jørgensen
Runtime: 100 min
Country: Denmark
Languages: Danish, Swedish

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