Stockholm

film by Budreau [2018]

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The 2018 film Stockholm is a fictionalized account of the 1973 bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden, which gave rise to the term "Stockholm syndrome". This psychological phenomenon describes a hostage's tendency to develop sympathetic feelings toward their captors. The film stars Noomi Rapace as a bank employee held captive during the six-day ordeal. The movie's runtime is 110 minutes and it is rated R.1234

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Ethan Hawke
The Good Lord Jim, Blue Moon, and The Lowdown
…an eccentric bank robber in Stockholm, a farce about the 1973 hostage situation that gave rise to the term Stockholm syndrome. That year he also cowrote and directed Blaze, a biopic about a little-known folk musician. The film was lauded for its unconventional narrative. Movies from 2019 include The Kid,…
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…an eccentric bank robber in Stockholm, a farce about the 1973 hostage situation that gave rise to the term Stockholm syndrome. That year he also cowrote and directed Blaze, a biopic about a little-known folk musician. The film was lauded for its unconventional narrative. Movies from 2019 include The Kid,…
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Noomi Rapace
…bank employee held captive in Stockholm (2018), a fictional version of the 1973 hostage crisis that gave Stockholm syndrome its name, and then as a counter-terrorism expert protecting an heiress in Close (2019), an action thriller inspired by the life of a celebrity bodyguard. Also in 2019 Rapace played a…
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…bank employee held captive in Stockholm (2018), a fictional version of the 1973 hostage crisis that gave Stockholm syndrome its name, and then as a counter-terrorism expert protecting an heiress in Close (2019), an action thriller inspired by the life of a celebrity bodyguard. Also in 2019 Rapace played a…
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