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Lumbago

2024 · 26 min

A queasy, deadpan office nightmare that stretches one joke into a surreal, claustrophobic fever dream.

Directed by
Bendik Kaltenborn
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Nils Vogt, Raymond Teigen Hauger, Thea Lambrechts
Overview
A businessman terrorizes two colleagues with a never-ending anecdote that descends into a fever dream.

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Directed by
Bendik Kaltenborn
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Nils Vogt, Raymond Teigen Hauger, Thea Lambrechts
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • work
  • madness
  • isolation
  • obsession
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour7
Realism4
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Bendik Kaltenborn
Written by
Bendik Kaltenborn
Starring
Nils Vogt, Raymond Teigen Hauger, Thea Lambrechts, Harald Thaulow, Arnt Egil Andreassen, Grete Kvåli, Bjørn Müller
Runtime
26 min
Country
Norway
Languages
Norwegian

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