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Family Secrets (2001)
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Original name: Familjehemligheter
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Autumn 1978 in suburban Sweden. Everything seems to be fine with the middle class Bendrick family with their two teenage children and a younger son, until the mother starts seeing her first love again after 20 years. Just like their badly built house, the family façade starts slowly crumbling into pieces. The daughter, 15, finds her first love, and the boys too are puzzled by their own questions around adolescence and sexuality. The father tries to keep up a happy face, while the youngest son is the first and the most sensitive to realize how the family is heading towards a disaster.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, captivating
Plot:
infidelity, family life, love affair, life turned upside down, parents and children, teenage life, family problems, lifestyle, family in crisis, crumbling marriage, couple relations, under the surface, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, teen angst, suspense, family relations, suburbs, youth, love and romance, couples, society, suburban life, coming of age, unfulfillment ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
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