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The Art of Negative Thinking (2006)
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Original name: Kunsten å tenke negativt
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The local disability support group visits an involuntary member, not realizing that it will bring them to a critical mass.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, dark, surprise ending, exciting, cult film
Plot:
disability, self pity, isolation, rehabilitation, hopes, psychology, dark humor, misfit, couples, russian roulette, husband wife relationship, pessimism, drugs, sex, loneliness, man in a wheelchair, group therapy, psychologist, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, violence, depression, narcissism, rage, hashish ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Norway
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three friends since childhood are trying to work out their complicated relationships. Jonny tries to be best friends with Magnus, Magnus tries to be married to Tuva, and Tuva tries to have sex with Jonny.
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Audience:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 192 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
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Country: Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
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Adapted from a series of short stories by Norwegian author Levi Henriksen, Bent Hamers Home for Christmas weaves together the lives of people struggling to find their way home on a Christmas Eve, beneath the colors of the Northern Lights. The plot ...
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Duration: 85 min.
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Country: Norway
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 85 min.
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Country: Norway
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Duration: 92 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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