An artist in crisis is haunted by nightmares from the past in Ingmar Bergman’s only horror film, which takes place on a windy island. Read More »
Tag Archives: Sweden
Viskningar och rop / Cries and Whispers (1972) Ingmar Bergman, Harriet Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Kari Sylwan, Drama
In turn-of-the-century Sweden, cancer-stricken, dying Agnes is visited in her isolated rural mansion by her sisters Karin and Maria. Read More »
Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö / The Match Factory Girl (1990) Aki Kaurismäki, Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Drama, Comedy
Enskilda samtal / Private Confessions (1996) Liv Ullmann, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow, Samuel Fröler, Biography, Drama
Pelle the Conqueror (1987) Bille August, Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Drama
The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Read More »
Alfred (1995) Vilgot Sjöman, Sven Wollter, Rita Russek, Judit Danyi, Biography, Drama
Alfred is highly successful in applying scientific finds to business ideas. With his fathers approval he leads the family company to an international standing. Read More »
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2001) Paul Cox, Derek Jacobi, Delia Silvan, Chris Haywood, Biography, Music, Drama, Documentary
Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky’s diaries which detail his madness as well as his homosexual relationship with Ballet Russe impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his marriage to his Hungarian wife. Read More »
Riten / The Rite (1969) Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, Anders Ek, Gunnar Björnstrand, Drama
A judge in an unnamed country interviews three actors, together and singly, provoking them while investigating a pornographic performance for which they may face a fine. Read More »
Manderlay (2005) Lars von Trier, Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach De Bankolé, Danny Glover, Drama
After gangster Mulligan’s cars colony, fleeing northern justice, finds a hiding place in Alabama, spoiled Read More »
Man tänker sitt / Burrowing (2009) Henrik Hellström, Fredrik Wenzel, Sebastian Eklund, Jörgen Svensson, Hannes Sandahl, Drama
An eleven-year-old boy observes his neighborhood as its surface orderliness rots away. Read More »