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Favours

2024 · 11 min

A tense, nerve-shredding short that traps you in a stranger's crisis as the clock runs down.

Directed by
Agnes Skonare Karlsson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Garance Marillier, Eva Johansson, Amalia Holm Bjelke
Overview
Sonja has been left with an unknown woman's baby on a train platform. As the baby's mother cannot be found, desperation rises in an intense psychological drama where the question marks multiply as the clock ticks toward departure.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Agnes Skonare Karlsson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Garance Marillier, Eva Johansson, Amalia Holm Bjelke
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • fate
    • guilt
    • identity
    • survival
    Places
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • single location
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour0
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension8
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Agnes Skonare Karlsson
    Written by
    Agnes Skonare Karlsson
    Starring
    Garance Marillier, Eva Johansson, Amalia Holm Bjelke, Anton Hellström
    Runtime
    11 min
    Country
    Sweden
    Languages
    English, French, Swedish

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