Four Shades of Brown

Four Shades of Brown

2004 · 192 min · SV · 6.6 (27 votes)
Dir. Tomas Alfredson · Starring Robert Gustafsson, Maria Kulle, Johan Rheborg, Henrik Schyffert, Jonas Inde, Ulf Brunnberg
ComedyDrama

Four stories, all related to fatherhood, are presented: A father tries to stimulate his son by bringing him to his workplace with disastrous consequences. Richard Brunn and his wife, who run a design hotel, suffer a strained relationship as his parents visit. An extended family is gathered to find out who will inherit the wealth of a famous jockey. A cooking class develops into a therapy session.

VIBE

This film feels like a series of awkward, darkly funny vignettes exploring the absurdities of modern life. It's a melancholic yet strangely relatable look at family, failure, and the search for meaning in mundane situations.

darkly comedicmelancholiccynicalabsurdiststeadyEuropean arthousecharacter-driven dramaquirky indiefamily dysfunctionexistential dreadloss of controlmodern alienation
funeralsuicide attemptgroup therapycrematoriumunemployment
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