Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- deadpan
- darkly comic
- awkward
- quiet evening
- arthouse film night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The threatened relocation of a documentary filmmaker turns Swedish Television management into the source of the film's central comic pressure.
The filmmaker proposes filming his dying father in order to protect his position at the broadcaster.
The plot places a father's dying process inside a workplace comedy about programming and professional status.
The setting at Swedish Television and the documentary premise foreground the ethics of turning family death into broadcast content.
Films like On the Last Verse - A Small Film About Death, and why
The Square
shared dark comedy, institutional satire, and discomforting treatment of mortality
Songs from the Second Floor
shared deadpan absurdity, workplace dysfunction, and bleakly comic social observation
A Man Called Ove
shared Scandinavian comic sensibility, awkward human behavior, and existential themes
Movie Details
- Director
- Tomas Alfredson
- Release Date
- 1999-04-15
- Runtime
- 55 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (10)
Cast
- Johan Rheborg
- Robert Gustafsson
- Henrik Schyffert
- Per Ragnar
- Stina Ekblad
- Inger Holmstrand
- Michael Nyqvist
- Jonas Inde
- Erland Josephson
- Anna Norberg
Common questions
- What is On the Last Verse - A Small Film About Death about?
- A Swedish television filmmaker turns his dying father into a proposed documentary to save his job, exposing the grotesque ethics of professional survival.
- What is On the Last Verse - A Small Film About Death like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of On the Last Verse - A Small Film About Death as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is On the Last Verse - A Small Film About Death violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in On the Last Verse - A Small Film About Death.
- Which films are like On the Last Verse - A Small Film About Death?
- Films with a similar feel include The Square, Songs from the Second Floor, and A Man Called Ove.
- How long is On the Last Verse - A Small Film About Death?
- On the Last Verse - A Small Film About Death runs 55 minutes.
