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Day and Night (2004)
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Original name: Dag och natt
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
DAY AND NIGHT is about people that love and want to be loved. It's the story of a father, his young son, his unfaithful wife, her secret lover, his young mistress, his lonely sister, his forgetful mother, a fanatic football coach, a pregnant whore and an angel disguised as an old man. They are all looking for the answer to the same question: "If love is the answer - what is the question?"
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, sentimental, touching, serious, gloomy
Plot:
mistress, childhood trauma, love triangle, infidelity, looking for love, estrangement, family relations, parents and children, couples, human nature, suicide, old age, soccer coach, love, nordic, mother, illegal prostitution, alcoholism, love and romance, suffering, lifestyle, sex, prostitute, pregnancy, alcoholic ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
scandinavia, europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
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Time:
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Duration: 87 min.
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Duration: 94 min.
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Duration: 108 min.
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Story:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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