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Freetime Machos

2010 · 86 min

A gentle, quietly funny documentary that lingers on ordinary men finding warmth and release in a hopeless amateur rugby club.

Overview
Matti and Mikko play for Finland's worst amateur rugby team. Overworked and domesticated, the two men long for a space to revel in their masculinity and bond with other men.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • friendship
  • identity
  • gender
  • work
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism10
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Mika Ronkainen
Written by
Mika Ronkainen
Starring
Matti Keränen, Mikko Koljonen, Richard Gomez
Music
Ahti Marja-aho, Samuli Putro
Cinematography
Vesa Taipaleenmäki, Mika Ronkainen
Runtime
86 min
Country
Finland
Languages
Finnish

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