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Teddy Bear

2012 · 92 min

A quiet, tender character study that unfolds with gentle awkwardness and earns its emotional release through patience.

Overview
After failing to find love in Denmark, a painfully shy bodybuilder sets off for Thailand to escape from his overbearing mother and search for a bride.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 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
  • isolation
  • identity
  • family
  • love
  • freedom
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
romance, drama, comedy
Directed by
Mads Matthiesen
Written by
Mads Matthiesen, Martin Zandvliet
Starring
Kim Kold, Elsebeth Steentoft, Lamaiporn Hougaard, David Winters, Allan Mogensen, Patrick Johnson, Barbara Zatler, Paweena Im-Erb
Cinematography
Laust Trier-Mørk
Runtime
92 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
Danish, English, Thai

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