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Flies on the Wall

2005 · 92 min

A slow-burning, uneasy thriller that draws you into a small town's secrets and keeps you tense as the truth is uncovered.

Directed by: Åke Sandgren
Genres: Thriller
Starring: Trine Dyrholm, Lars Brygmann, Kurt Ravn

Overview: My Larsen is a documentarian in her early thirties. Self-centered and assertive, she likes to challenge and provoke her surroundings. She takes on an unusual assignment to make a film about the conservative township of Ravnsborg, but she learns there is a dark side to life in this small town. Someone is trying to cover up a terrible secret and they will stop at nothing, even murder, to keep My from discovering the truth.

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Directed by: Åke Sandgren
Genres: Thriller
Starring: Trine Dyrholm, Lars Brygmann, Kurt Ravn

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
isolation
power
corruption
mystery
Places: small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: thriller
Directed by: Åke Sandgren
Written by: Åke Sandgren, Lars Kjeldgård
Starring: Trine Dyrholm, Lars Brygmann, Kurt Ravn, Henrik Prip, Lars Ranthe, Ida Dwinger, Mogens Rex, Elsebeth Steentoft
Music: Kåre Bjerkø
Cinematography: Erik Molberg Hansen
Runtime: 92 min
Country: Denmark
Languages: Danish

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