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Tic Tac (1997)

Tic Tac poster
Directed by
Daniel Alfredson
Genre
drama film, thriller film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
15+
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film follows several people in Stockholm as they get caught up in small crimes over the course of one day and night. Their stories weave together in a troubled urban setting.

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What happens

Tic Tac is a Swedish psychological thriller film and drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 31 October 1997, directed by Daniel Alfredson and written by Hans Renhäll, about various people involved in small crime during one day and night in Stockholm. The film won the Guldbagge Award for best film and was Sweden's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but failed to be nominated. Some critics have called the film "a Swedish Pulp Fiction". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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