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Love of Cars

1988 · 65 min

A gentle, low-key documentary that lingers on small-town teenage life, grease-stained hands and first loves, quietly affectionate without ever getting dramatic.

Directed by
Ylva Floreman
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jan Broberg, Lars Broberg, Tony Broberg
Overview
A bunch of teenage boys in Mora, Sweden, who are torn between their great interest in cars and their girlfriends. The film especially follows Jan Broberg and his rebuilding of a Volvo Amazon, year model 1966.

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Directed by
Ylva Floreman
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jan Broberg, Lars Broberg, Tony Broberg
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • work
  • friendship
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance3
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Ylva Floreman
Written by
Ylva Floreman
Starring
Jan Broberg, Lars Broberg, Tony Broberg, Kenneth Dahlberg, Jan Fridh, Tommy Granath, Petra Andersson, Yvonne Granath
Music
Erland Mauritzon, Jan Sjöberg
Runtime
65 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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