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Tin Soldiers & Crawdads

2023 · 25 min

A slow, sweltering chamber piece where a father and son's familiar rituals curdle into something unspoken and raw.

Directed by
Ville Gobi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Leif Andrée, Ville Gobi, Lars Adsten
Tagline
Father & Son go up to the croft in the country on Barnens Ö.
Overview
Father & Son go up to the croft in the country on Barnens Ö. As they always did, through the years, always together. But this weekend something happens that puts the relationship on edge. It is the hottest day of the summer and once the spark is lit, the fire cannot be stopped. From the flames springs the memory of a young boy, in his world father is still immortal. From the ashes something else is born, a truth no one wants to face.

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Directed by
Ville Gobi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Leif Andrée, Ville Gobi, Lars Adsten
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • memory
  • grief
  • betrayal
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ville Gobi
Written by
Ville Gobi
Starring
Leif Andrée, Ville Gobi, Lars Adsten, Lena B. Eriksson, Jack Forsgren, Mats Eriksson, Micael Lindström, Anders Karlsson
Music
Ulrika Bodén
Cinematography
Pontus Norberg
Runtime
25 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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