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12 Dares (2022)
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Original name: 12 bragder
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old boy in Ryd, Sweden, has to do 12 misdeeds to prove his loyalty to his gang of mates.
Style:
tense, emotional, intense, suspenseful
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
youth gang, coming of age, peer pressure, friendship, adolescence, moral dilemma, rite of passage, bullying, high school life, small town, realism, identity crisis, unhappiness, teen angst, moral ambiguity, youth culture, machismo, slice of life, school life
Place:
eastern europe
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