# On the Last Verse - A Small Film About Death (1999)

> A Swedish television filmmaker turns his dying father into a proposed documentary to save his job, exposing the grotesque ethics of professional survival.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/97530

## Facts

- Runtime: 55 min
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
- Director: Tomas Alfredson
- Cast: Johan Rheborg, Robert Gustafsson, Henrik Schyffert, Per Ragnar, Stina Ekblad, Inger Holmstrand, Michael Nyqvist, Jonas Inde
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1290732/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Mood: deadpan, darkly comic, awkward, quiet evening, arthouse film night

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