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Tag Archives: Sweden
Face of Fire (1959) Albert Band, Cameron Mitchell, James Whitmore, Bettye Ackerman
In 1898, in a small American town, Dr. Ned Trescott and his family live a quiet life. 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »