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When in Rome

2024 · 99 min

A gentle, bittersweet stroll through sunlit streets, mixing warm humour with quiet reflections on love and time.

Directed by
Niclas Bendixen
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Bodil Jørgensen, Rolf Lassgård, Kristian Halken
Overview
Gerda and Kristoffer are celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary in Rome, where Gerda used to study art when she was young. But the trip doesn't go quite as planned, when the couple run into Gerda's charismatic art teacher and former flame, Johannes. Kristoffer ends up on the sideline, while Gerda chases her youth through the streets and alleys of Rome, to confront the ghosts of the past.

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Directed by
Niclas Bendixen
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Bodil Jørgensen, Rolf Lassgård, Kristian Halken
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • memory
  • aging
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
romance, comedy, drama
Directed by
Niclas Bendixen
Written by
Niclas Bendixen, Christian Torpe, Kristian Halken
Starring
Bodil Jørgensen, Rolf Lassgård, Kristian Halken
Runtime
99 min
Country
Denmark, Italy
Languages
Danish, Italian, Swedish

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