This comedy romp takes place in and around Stockholm’s Old Town, which is inhabited by various dubious characters doing dubious things Read More »
Tag Archives: Sweden
Kiss Me AKA Kyss mig (2011) Alexandra-Therese Keining, Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjönes, Krister Henriksson
MIA (Ruth Vega Fernandez) and FRIDA (Liv Mjönes), both in their thirties Read More »
The Dress AKA Klänningen (1964) Vilgot Sjöman, Gunn Wållgren, Gunnar Björnstrand, Tina Hedström
Edit is pleased that her mother agrees to let her buy a dress she loves, but which in fact is made for an adult woman. Read More »
The Hunters AKA Jägarna (1996) Kjell Sundvall, Rolf Lassgård, Lennart Jähkel, Jarmo Mäkinen
A policeman from Stockholm comes up to Norrland in Sweden to join his brother, now that their parents are dead. Read More »
Behind Blue Skies AKA Himlen är oskyldigt blå (2010) Hannes Holm, Bill Skarsgård, Peter Dalle, Josefin Ljungman
Coming of age film that takes place in the Swedish archipelago during 70s about young Martin Read More »
The White Viking AKA Hvíti víkingurinn (1991) Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, Gotti Sigurdarson, Maria Bonnevie, Sveinn M. Eiðsson
Norway in the 10th century. Askur, son of the powerful Thorgeir marries Embla Read More »
Aberdeen (2000) Hans Petter Moland, Stellan Skarsgård, Lena Headey, Jean Anderson
Kaisa is a Scot, a successful London lawyer, who snorts coke and has one-night stands with strangers. Read More »
Falkenberg Farewell AKA Farväl Falkenberg (2006) Jesper Ganslandt, John Axel Eriksson, Holger Eriksson, David Johnson
Five youngsters have grown to be men in Falkenberg. This is the story of their last summer together in the little west coast town. Read More »
Show Me Love AKA Fucking Åmål (1998) Lukas Moodysson, Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson
Åmål is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens Read More »
Rider in Blue AKA Ryttare i blått (1959) Arne Mattsson, Gunnel Broström, Bengt Brunskog, Gio Petré, Björn Bjelfvenstam
When private eye John Hillman is on assignment in London his wife Kajsa visits the Army’s riding school at Strömsholm, Sweden. Read More »
Saturday October 5th AKA Lördagen den 5.10 (1969) Roy Andersson, Stefan Böhm, Curt Ericson, Eric Hansson
It’s the end of the week and Bernt picks up his girlfriend Marianne at work. Read More »
Faithless AKA Trolösa (2000) Liv Ullmann, Lena Endre, Erland Josephson, Krister Henriksson
Marianne is a theatre actress married to an orchestra conductor, Markus. Read More »
Torment AKA Hets (1944) Alf Sjöberg, Stig Järrel, Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling
Jan-Erik Widgren is a high-school senior. His Latin teacher, Caligula, is feared by everybody, both teachers and students. Read More »
Persona (1966) Ingmar Bergman, Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. Read More »
A Man There Was AKA Terje Vigen (1917) Victor Sjöström, August Falck, Edith Erastoff
Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Read More »