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The Chronic Innocence

1985 · 97 min

A quiet, observant coming-of-age drama about friendship and first love, watched with gentle patience rather than urgency.

Overview
For Janus his friend Tore is his big ideal: pretty, intelligent and self-confident. Janus is grateful for his friendship even though he is considered the court jester. When Tore falls in love with the beautiful and sweet girl Helle, Janus accepts his role as their highly loved third party. Helle's fashionable mother, however, is a bit too interested in Tore. Written by Allan Simonsen

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • coming-of-age
    • friendship
    • love
    • identity
    • family
    Places
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance4
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Edward Fleming
    Written by
    Edward Fleming, Karen Bentzon
    Starring
    Allan Olsen, Susse Wold, Simone Bendix, Thomas Algren, Helle Fastrup, Anne-Lise Gabold, Axel Strøbye, Per Pallesen
    Music
    Anne Linnet
    Cinematography
    Dirk Brüel
    Runtime
    97 min
    Country
    Denmark
    Languages
    Danish

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