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Original title Tennis
Film type Short
Category Fiction
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Classification Suitable for all audiences

Plot summary

A 14 year-old ball boy is helping a good-looking, adult female tennis player. She practises her serves using his heart as a ball. Time after time, he expertly retrieves his heart from the hard...

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Companies

Production Company Geir Hansteen-Jörgensen
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet

Plot summary

A 14 year-old ball boy is helping a good-looking, adult female tennis player. She practises her serves using his heart as a ball. Time after time, he expertly retrieves his heart from the hard court. Tennis is a non-narrative, short/art film exploring form and repetition through overtly symbolic humour.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 123704
Date 1982-10-27
Classification Suitable for all audiences


Release dates

Festival showing 2012-10-23 Slottsbiografen Uppsala Sweden 6 min 31:a Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival, 2012.
2012-10-25 Slottsbiografen Uppsala Sweden 6 min 31:a Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival, 2012.

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Holdings Scripts

Script type Synopsis
Script title Tennis
Extent 1 s. + för- och eftertext samt musiklista.
Language Swedish



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