Something Has Happened

Something Has Happened

Directed by Roy Andersson

Produced by Studio 24, Socialstyrelsen

198724 min7.3 / 10

A stark, formally austere critique of medical dehumanization during the AIDS crisis, using monotone tableaux to expose systemic racism and exploitation in research.

As the AIDS epidemic was spreading in 1987, the Swedish government commissioned Roy Andersson to make an educational film about the disease. In these twenty or so monotone scenes, Andersson criticizes the medical community for its dehumanizing and racist tendencies when researching HIV and AIDS.

Questions people ask

  • Is Something Has Happened easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Something Has Happened end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Something Has Happened sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Something Has Happened scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Something Has Happened violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

89/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Rarity95

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Surprise93

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love80

How much audiences actually like it

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