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Broken Hill Blues

Original title: Ömheten
  • 20132013
  • 1h 20m
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4.5/10
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Broken Hill Blues (2013)
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In a small mining community in Northern Sweden, a group of youngsters about to take the leap in the adult age fight with themselves and the world around, while the ground literally trembles ... Read allIn a small mining community in Northern Sweden, a group of youngsters about to take the leap in the adult age fight with themselves and the world around, while the ground literally trembles under their feet.In a small mining community in Northern Sweden, a group of youngsters about to take the leap in the adult age fight with themselves and the world around, while the ground literally trembles under their feet.
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    • Sofia Norlin
    • Sofia Norlin(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Sebastian Hiort af Ornäs
    • Alfred Juntti
    • Lina Leandersson
    • Sofia Norlin
    • Sofia Norlin(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Sebastian Hiort af Ornäs
    • Alfred Juntti
    • Lina Leandersson
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    • 9Critic reviews
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    Sebastian Hiort af Ornäs
    Sebastian Hiort af Ornäs
    • Markus
    Alfred Juntti
    • Daniel
    Lina Leandersson
    Lina Leandersson
    • Zerin
    Ella Nordin
    • Emma
    Jenny Sandberg
    • Helena
    Pär Andersson
    • Daniel's father
    Robin Edholm
    • Jonas
    Alexandra Dahlström
    Alexandra Dahlström
    • Teacher
    Sven Björklund
    • Jyrkki
    Kemal Görgü
    • Zerin's father
    Michael Odhag
    • Kent
    Sonja Lindblom
    • Markus' mother
    Jesper Johansson
    • Jesper
    Malcolm Dixelius
    • Radiodebattör
    Henrik Ekman
    • Tv-röst till naturfilm
    Håkan Forss
    • Vehicle Intructor
    Sofie Hedberg
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    Maria Lindgren
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      • Sofia Norlin(screenplay)
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      Lina Leandersson only has about 9 lines of dialog.
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      Broken Hill Blues
      Music written and Performed by Conny Nimmersjö

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    2/10
    Dull Mining Story
    The film is set in the small mining town of Kiruna in northern Sweden, as it traces the lives of several young people struggling to come to terms with adulthood. In both reality and Norlin's fiction, Kiruna stands on unstable ground and must be relocated, but no one knows quite when or where, resulting the town folk being in uncertainty. Although it mainly revolves around two teenagers, Marcus and Daniel, "Broken Hill Blues" is confusingly awash in fairly identical-looking slim, blond youths who are seldom addressed by name. Indeed, Norlin's characters rarely speak at all, as the film progresses. But Marcus' is stuck in his single-minded desire to become a mechanic, he later has to work in the mines where his father died and his older brother now toils. Daniel, on the other hand, seems to do nothing outside school other than hang out with a gang of older thugs. Introverted and usually half-hidden in a hoodie, Daniel struggles to embrace their culture of violence, his one bloodthirsty act leaving him shaken and bereft. In this film everything is secondary to the striking landscape captured through beautiful cinematography, While miners work in the darkness below, the youths above drive around in aimless circles or climb mountains in aimless walkabouts. That said, Norlin should in future concentrate her screen writing and editing as this dull look at young people coping with small town life barely has any plot or rhythm to speak off due to the abrupt chapters of youths and sudden story changes that led to minimal understanding of a serious subject.
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      • December 6, 2013 (Sweden)
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      • Kiruna, Norrbottens län, Sweden
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      • DFM
      • Telia Sonera Sverige
      • Filmpool Nord
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