Four Shades of Brown

Four Shades of Brown

2004 · 192 min · SV · 6.6 (36 votes)
Dir. Tomas Alfredson · Starring Robert Gustafsson, Maria Kulle, Johan Rheborg, Henrik Schyffert, Jonas Inde, Ulf Brunnberg
ComedyDrama

An eccentric millionaire dies at a manor in Dalarna in Sweden, leaving behind three sons and a mistress. One of four parallel stories about parents and children. Four sides of Sweden. Four shades of brown.

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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
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