Overview
A heartfelt journey through loneliness and unexpected love awaits on a bus trip to Tallinn.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- deadpan
- awkward
- bittersweet
- late night comedy
- scandinavian cinema night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The bachelors' matchmaking trip repeatedly exposes their loneliness and interpersonal ineptitude through awkward situations.
The film is explicitly identified as a mockumentary and follows the group in an observational style during their trip.
A group of lonely Swedish bachelors travel to Tallinn hoping to find life partners, making loneliness the central emotional condition.
The Swedish bachelors seek partners in Tallinn and receive assistance from colleagues on the other side of the Baltic Sea.
Films like Screwed in Tallinn: A Small Film About Loneliness, and why
面 Film?
shares mockumentary form, awkward social observation, and deadpan ensemble comedy
The Office Special
shares cringe comedy, lonely outsiders, and darkly comic social satire
Aki Kaurismäki's The Leningrad Cowboys Go America
shares absurdist humor, ensemble misfits, and emotionally uncomfortable romantic comedy
Best in Show
shares mockumentary technique, eccentric characters, and understated human vulnerability
Movie Details
- Director
- Tomas Alfredson
- Release Date
- 1999-04-22
- Runtime
- 59 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (64)
Cast
- Robert Gustafsson
- Jonas Inde
- Johan Rheborg
- Tomas Almgren
- Tõnu Kark
- Birgit Lilienthal
- Merle Palmiste
- Karolina Palutko
- Lena Söderblom
- Tiina Tauraite
Common questions
- What is Screwed in Tallinn: A Small Film About Loneliness about?
- A deadpan mockumentary follows lonely Swedish bachelors whose hopeful matchmaking trip to Tallinn collides with awkward reality.
- What is Screwed in Tallinn: A Small Film About Loneliness like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Screwed in Tallinn: A Small Film About Loneliness as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Screwed in Tallinn: A Small Film About Loneliness violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Screwed in Tallinn: A Small Film About Loneliness.
- Which films are like Screwed in Tallinn: A Small Film About Loneliness?
- Films with a similar feel include 面 Film?, The Office Special, Aki Kaurismäki's The Leningrad Cowboys Go America, and Best in Show.
- How long is Screwed in Tallinn: A Small Film About Loneliness?
- Screwed in Tallinn: A Small Film About Loneliness runs 59 minutes.
