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Fyra nyanser av brunt

  • 2004
  • 3h 12m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
4.6K
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Fyra nyanser av brunt (2004)
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 s... Read allAn 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.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.

  • Director
    • Tomas Alfredson
  • Writers
    • Tomas Alfredson
    • Robert Gustafsson
    • Jonas Inde
  • Stars
    • Robert Gustafsson
    • Maria Kulle
    • Karl Linnertorp
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    4.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tomas Alfredson
    • Writers
      • Tomas Alfredson
      • Robert Gustafsson
      • Jonas Inde
    • Stars
      • Robert Gustafsson
      • Maria Kulle
      • Karl Linnertorp
    • 12User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Robert Gustafsson
    Robert Gustafsson
    • Christer
    Maria Kulle
    • Anna
    Karl Linnertorp
    • Morgan
    Jonas Inde
    Jonas Inde
    • Ray…
    Johan Rheborg
    Johan Rheborg
    • Kjell Levrén
    Karin Holmberg
    • Arbetsterapeuten
    • (as Karin 'Kickan' Holmberg)
    Viktor Friberg
    • Jan
    Eva Ekengren
    • Mådan
    Tore Persson
    • Morgan's Teacher
    Henrik Schyffert
    Henrik Schyffert
    • Richard
    Anna Björk
    • Tove
    Iwar Wiklander
    • Jan-Erik
    Karin Ekström
    • Smulan
    Finn Nielsen
    • Perikles
    Fyr Thorvald Strömberg
    • Keskinen
    • (as Fyr Torvald)
    Ulf Brunnberg
    Ulf Brunnberg
    • Olle
    Sofia Helin
    Sofia Helin
    • Jenny
    Anna Ulrika Ericsson
    • Helen
    • Director
      • Tomas Alfredson
    • Writers
      • Tomas Alfredson
      • Robert Gustafsson
      • Jonas Inde
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    8OJT

    Dark comedy with serious content commenting on today's Swedish society

    This is one of the two best recent Swedish films I've seen, and not surprisingly it's Tomas Alfredson which is the director. It's a funny film to watch, but there's a serious undertone here. The film is made by a group of Swedish comedians which are called "Killinggänget", and many of them are at least well know over most of Scandinavia. Some of them occurs in several roles in the four stories.

    Some might be offended by the humor which is about very serious matters and even about very touchy subjects, making it even more funny in my opinion.

    "Four shades of brown" tells four stories with the three hours the film last, and they are all somewhat connected in the title. In all four of the stories which are taking place in four opposite sides of this rather geographically large country, we see different relations between parents and kids, and the problems with these family relations, and the result of this.

    The synopsis of the four stories are, in short, all leading to disasters:

    1. A crematory-worker wants to show his line of work to his misguided and troubled son, because he feels forced to do so, something which he should never have done.

    2. A magician couple comes to visit their son, which tries to step out of his own class after buying a up-class beach hotel. They are bringing a third wheel on the wagon, a Danish free spirited man, picked up by the wife, because she is sick and tired of her boring husband. It leads to disaster.

    3. A free spirited horse trainer, which was abused as child, has become a worshiper of Buddha, and has never cared much for his three sons, dies, and cheats them from heritage.

    4. A therapy group gathers several times and are being sincere about their problems, which include relations and dealing with the truth.

    These four stories are in way from everyday Sweden, and they are all good enough to be film by themselves. They are all taken out on the edge, but with a darker meaning behind it all. The film poster are simply the Swedish flag painted in four shades of brown around the yellow cross. I am not the one to reveal what it's all about, but the title might refer to the Swedish plague of neo-Nazism and right extremism which has risen for the last decades. Is this film trying to give an input into that discussion? Are the fathers all ruining their kids?

    A demanding film in many ways. Long, four stories which has a connection and difficult matters. The film resembles the brilliant "In order of disappearance", which is equally dark and funny, and also have a serious comment lying behind the story. Equally recommended, and a tad easier to watch as pure entertainment with it's single story and two running hours.
    8ferdiepojke

    Swedish culture through four fathers and their stories.

    The movie is very long and hard to get at first. It takes a bit of time to understand how the four different stories relate to one another. The theme they are pushing on is fatherhood. All stories are somehow related to fathers. The story hands us an insight in the swedish culture and how it affects the different characters in their unique stories that the movie tells us about. How you "should" react in different situations and how people around you react when difficult problems hit you.

    I for one enjoyed the movie and i often recognised the characters from my normal day life. It reflected the swedishness in a way that i never have seen before. This I think, is a movie for those who more or less understand the typical Swedish culture. If you like it you should also look into "Ben & Gunnar - En Liten Film Om Manlig Vänskap" which is another "Killinggänget" production.
    8stensson

    Brown is beautiful

    This is not about the condition of Sweden and the Swedes, it is more about the condition of everybody everywhere. Still this film is very Swedish and you have to live here to understand, to laugh at the right places and to feel sad, when you're supposed to.

    But it's very well narrated and director Tomas Alfredsson knows exactly where to push the script, which he probably has had cut down in a perfect way. Still the film, with four different episodes rolling together, is more than three hours long. But it doesn't feel long. The acting is not really realistic (it ain't meant to be). But especially Maria Kulle and Ulf Brunnberg are making the performances of their lives.

    There is hope for Swedish film, obviously. This is a new way of making comedy. If this is a comedy.
    10tord-1

    A masterpiece about life

    Never, ever, have I been as impressed by a film as this little piece about four groups of people, that faces a crisis, or many. In some ways a little like Short Cuts, but totally different, at the same time.

    There are a heap of lead characters, whom we all learn to know very well as their stories unfold, and they are, as persons show their good and their bad sides, their weaknesses and their strengths, with lots of drama and laughter.

    The closest equivalent in a US movie, I can think of, which then is far weaker in every respect, is the Royal Tenenbaums.

    Four Shades of Brown, as the title would be in English, tells the story about a stressed out hotelier and his wife, and his elderly parents (who are traveling magicians); about the receptionist at an animal crematory and his family misadventures; about the members of a cooking course (who mostly talk about their sorry lives) and fourthly about the funeral for a womanizing trotter jockey, who tries to continue orchestrating the family from beyond the grave, by singing and appearing in 3D during the funeral, thanks to high tech equipment that has cost his entire fortune (the family gets nil, not even the famous horse is given to the family)!

    There is a warmth and compassion in this film, that is filled with grief and laughter, that I've never experienced before.

    Most actors were new to me, except Robert Gustafsson and one or two more, but they all deserve the big slam the film took at the Swedish Guldbagge extravaganza (= the Swedish "Oscar" Awards) a week ago!

    Male, female and male supporting actor prizes went to this film, plus a few more, to boot!

    If you have the chance, go and see it - the hours float by very quickly!
    9mantina_rex

    A masterpiece!!!

    This movie must be exported to the rest of the world! An absolute masterpiece, with a both bizarre and grim film about four different stories from four different locations in Sweden. The one with the newly renovated hotel with the improper wooden figure of an old finance minister is absolutely the best of the four, odd story about love or career. I would love to see all four as a film on their own they can be so much more extended.

    Also the unique pause in the middle is something I've never seen before.

    Can't wait for the series (if they're doing one) or the extended DVD. Apparently they had cut out a lot to fit it in to just 3,5 hours.

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    • Release date
      • February 6, 2004 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • Sweden
    • Official site
      • svt.se
    • Languages
      • Swedish
      • Estonian
      • Danish
    • Also known as
      • Four Shades of Brown
    • Production companies
      • Nordisk Film/TV
      • SVT Drama
      • Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)
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      3 hours 12 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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