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Tag Archives: Sweden
Woman Without a Face (1947) Gustaf Molander, Alf Kjellin, Gunn Wållgren, Anita Björk
Ragnar and Frida married solely because she was pregnant. Later he would have a passionate side-affair with Rut. Read More »
You’re Lying! (1969) Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt, Stig Engström, Sif Ruud
The film is a portrayal of the Swedish Prison Service, told by an inmate Lasse and art teacher Björn, who will do anything to help him. Read More »
Vaxdockan (1962) Arne Mattsson, Per Oscarsson, Gio Petré, Tor Isedal
A lonely night watchman at a department store develops a fixation on one of the store’s mannequins. Read More »
A Song for Martin (2001) Bille August, Sven Wollter, Viveka Seldahl, Reine Brynolfsson
Famous composer Martin meets concertmaster Barbara at one of his performances, and the two fall in love. Read More »
Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997) Bille August, Julia Ormond, Ona Fletcher, Agga Olsen
Based on Peter Hoeg’s bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof. Read More »
It Rains on Our Love (1946) Ingmar Bergman, Barbro Kollberg, Birger Malmsten, Gösta Cederlund
Maggi meets David after having missed her train, and they spend the night together. Read More »
Masculine, Feminine: In 15 Acts (1966) Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya, Marlène Jobert
Paul is young, just demobbed from national service in the French Army, and dishillusioned with civilian life. Read More »
A Woman’s Face (1938) Gustaf Molander, Ingrid Bergman, Tore Svennberg, Anders Henrikson
When she was a child, Anna Holm burned her face. This destroyed her looks, and she has become a mean and bitter woman. Read More »
Mamma Gógó (2010) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Gunnar Eyjólfsson
Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s reaction to her illness. Read More »
Next Door (2005) Pål Sletaune, Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Julia Schacht
A psychological thriller, where the main character, John, have recently been dumped by his girlfriend, Ingrid. Read More »
I, a Lover (1966) Borje Nyberg, Jorgen Ryg, Jessie Flaws, Axel Strobye
Beatrice is abandoning her husband Petar because he is impotent. Read More »
The Bench (2000) Per Fly, Jesper Christensen, Marius Sonne Janischefska, Stine Holm Joensen
Kaj is an alcoholic living on the money the Danish state is providing him. Read More »
More About the Language of Love (1970) Torgny Wickman, Inge Hegeler, Sten Hegeler, Maj-Brith Bergström-Walan
While LANGUAGE OF LOVE illustrated general sex behaviour, MORE ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE shows minority group attitudes towards sex. Read More »
Summer with Monika (1953) Ingmar Bergman, Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg, Dagmar Ebbesen
Harry Lund is a nineteen-year-old man who meets Monika, a romantic, reckless and rebellious seventeen-year-old, and they fall in love. Read More »