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Tag Archives: swedish
Before the Storm / Före stormen (2000) Reza Parsa

A Middle Eastern taxi driver living in Sweden, alongside his daughter’s classmate, finds his life descending into chaos Read More »
A Handful of Love / En handfull kärlek (1974) Vilgot Sjöman

Set in 1909: A working-class girl is refused marriage by her politically committed boyfriend. Read More »
The Hunters / Jägarna (1996) Kjell Sundvall, Rolf Lassgård

A policeman from Stockholm comes up to Norrland in Sweden to join his brother, now that their parents are dead. Read More »
Mun mot mun / Mouth to Mouth (2005) Björn Runge, Peter Andersson, Marie Richardson, Sofia Westberg

The teenage girl Vera left her family after an incident at home Read More »
Vargtimmen / Hour of the Wolf (1968) Ingmar Bergman, Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh

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 »
Farlig frihet / No Time for Shame (1954) Arne Ragneborn, Maj-Britt Lindholm, Carl-Olof Alm

A young man escapes from a detention center. He is committing several new crimes. Read More »
Stimulantia (1967) Hans Abramson, Hans Alfredson, Harriet Andersson

8 episodes, ranging from experimental to documentary to conventional narrative cinema Read More »
Elvis! Elvis! (1976) Kay Pollak, Lele Dorazio, Lena-Pia Bernhardsson, Fred Gunnarsson

Tale of a boy, roughly eight, who experiences a number of problems due to his estranged Read More »
A Rational Solution / Det enda rationella (2009) Jörgen Bergmark, Stina Ekblad, Rolf Lassgård, Claes Ljungmark

A quartet of sterling performances from some of Sweden’s top actors (including the wonderful Pernilla August) Read More »