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Stängda dörrar

1981 · 100 min

A claustrophobic, dialogue-driven chamber piece that feels like being trapped in a room with three people who slowly tear each other apart.

Overview
Inès, Estelle, and Garcin are condemned to be together in a single room and soon start arguing and accusing each other.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • guilt
  • betrayal
  • morality
  • death
Places
  • single country house
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror3
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Kjell Grede
Written by
Eyvind Johnson
Starring
Margaretha Krook, Lena Nyman, Tomas Pontén, Carl-Axel Heiknert
Runtime
100 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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