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Upswing

2003 · 99 min

A wry, uncomfortable social experiment that makes you squirm and chuckle as smug assumptions collide with reality.

Directed by: Johanna Vuoksenmaa
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Tiina Lymi, Petteri Summanen, Antti Virmavirta

Overview: Katri and Janne want to take a trip which none of their friends have taken. They end up in Jakomäki.

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Directed by: Johanna Vuoksenmaa
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Tiina Lymi, Petteri Summanen, Antti Virmavirta

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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
identity
deception
isolation
ambition
Places: suburbs
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	7
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Johanna Vuoksenmaa
Written by: Mika Ripatti
Starring: Tiina Lymi, Petteri Summanen, Antti Virmavirta, Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Katja Küttner, Juha Veijonen, Ville Virtanen, Satu Paavola
Music: Kerkko Koskinen
Cinematography: Peter Flinckenberg
Runtime: 99 min
Country: Finland
Languages: Finnish

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