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Sons

2024 · 100 min

A quietly gripping, morally tense descent into grief and revenge, set within the claustrophobic walls of a prison.

Directed by
Gustav Möller
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Starring
Sidse Babett Knudsen, Sebastian Bull Sarning, Dar Salim
Tagline
Who is hiding the bigger monster?
Overview
Eva, an idealistic prison officer, is faced with the dilemma of her life when a young man from her past gets transferred to the prison where she works. Without revealing her secret, Eva asks to be moved to the young man’s ward – the toughest and most violent in the prison. Here begins an unsettling psychological thriller, where Eva’s sense of justice puts both her morality and future at stake.

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Directed by
Gustav Möller
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Starring
Sidse Babett Knudsen, Sebastian Bull Sarning, Dar Salim
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • revenge
  • grief
  • morality
  • guilt
  • isolation
Places
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension9
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
thriller, drama
Directed by
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Written by
Emil Nygaard Albertsen, Gustav Möller
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
100 min
Country
Denmark, Sweden
Languages
Danish, English

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