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Baby Boom

2021 · 14 min

A short, odd, quietly unsettling ride that mixes deadpan humour with body-horror strangeness and a sad, lonely undertow.

Directed by
Thomas Lunde
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jesper Malm, Tina Schei, Espen Lervaag
Overview
The middle-aged alcoholic Runar believes he has scored the perfect date. Things take a strange turn when he realizes he’s impregnated with her alien eggs.

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Directed by
Thomas Lunde
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jesper Malm, Tina Schei, Espen Lervaag
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • addiction
  • identity
  • deception
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour4
Realism4
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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14 min

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