Drama
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Such is Life
An attractive piano bar singer has two dreams: perform one night at the Grand Hotel and get married before she is thirty. With her birthday only two weeks away and the Grand Hotel fully booked, she slowly begins to panic ...- Genre: Drama
- Director: Colin Nutley
- Cast: Helena Bergström, Lena Nyman, Jakob Eklund, Sverr...
- First Release: 1996
- Language: Swedish
- Format: 1:1.85
- Duration: 126 minutes
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Under the Sun
Olof is a shy farmer who lives alone on the family farm after the death of his mother. One day he decides to change his solitary ways and places an anonymous ad in the local newspaper seeking a housekeeper. The beautiful city woman who answers his ad not only takes over the house but also his heart. When she mysteriously dis...- Genre: Drama
- Director: Colin Nutley
- Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Helena Bergström, Johan Widerberg,...
- First Release: 1998
- Language: Swedish
- Format: Cinemascope 1:2.35
- Duration: 118 minutes
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Waiting For the Tenor
An actor meets by chance an old childhood buddy who has become a playwright. The two renew their friendship as well as their rivalry over the same woman.- Genre: Drama
- Director: Lisa Ohlin
- Cast: Johan H:son Kjellgren, Krister Henriksson, Lena B...
- First Release: 1998
- Language: Swedish
- Format: 1:1.66
- Duration: 97 minutes
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The Birthday
Mikael has decided to have the 50th birthday party that will be the memory of a lifetime. He invites relatives and friends to both he and his fiancée, Catti. She participates in the preparations but her feelings are ambivalent. In fact, she’s decided to leave Mikael as soon as his birthday is over.- Genre: Drama
- Director: Richard Hobert
- Cast: Göran Stangertz, Camilla Lundén, Pernilla August,...
- First Release: 2000
- Language: Swedish
- Format: 1:1.85
- Duration: 105 minutes
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Life at Any Cost
A longtime friend of Bo Widerberg and an international award winning director himself, Stefan Jarl gives us a personalized portrait of Widerberg’s life, explores some of the recurring themes of his films and shares insight on Widerberg’s complex creative process. Delightfully interspersed with unique anecdotes by Widerberg’s...- Genre: Drama
- Cast: Tommy Berggren, Roy Andersson, Kalle Boman, Tomas...
- First Release: 1998
- Language: Swedish
- Format: 1:1.33
- Duration: 88 minutes
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House of Angels
When a cabaret performer and her outlandish friends move into her recently inherited farm, a culture clash with the locals leads to a delightful comic romp where ‘city’ meets ‘country’. Film’s immense popularity lead to sequel House of Angels – Second Summer.- Genre: Drama
- Director: Colin Nutley
- Cast: Helena Bergström, Rikard Wolff, Ernst Günther, To...
- First Release: 1992
- Language: Swedish
- Duration: 127 minutes
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Black and White
Based on a landmark legal case that turned the conservative, racist establishment of provincial 50’s Australia upside down, Black and White is a compelling legal thriller showing vividly that in a civilized society justice can never be skin deep. When passionate but inexperienced lawyer, David O’Sullivan (multi-award winning...- Genre: Drama
- Director: Craig Lahiff
- Cast: Kerry Fox, Carles Dance, Robert Carlyle
- Language: English
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Jåvna, Reindeer Herdsman in the Year 2000
Struck by the fact that the average Swede knows more about, say, the Kurds than the Lapps of Lapland, Jarl made this portrait of a 12-year old Lapp boy. City-bred youngsters in the same age bracket can´t help but marvel at the sense of community and connection to Nature that their Lapp contemporaries experience. Jåvna is 12 ...- Genre: Drama
- First Release: 1991
- Language: Swedish
- Format: 1:1.66
- Duration: 35 minutes
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The Journey Out
The story of two childhood friends who meet up again on opposite sides of an armed bank raid, this is a film noir with as many twists as it’s elusive protagonist Bernt, a hunted, opportunist con-man. With a denouement in a remote cottage, The Journey Out is a gripping knot of crime love deception and revenge.- Genre: Drama
- Director: Alf Sjöberg
- Cast: Holger Löwenadler, Gunn Wållgren, Sture Lagerwall...
- First Release: 1945
- Language: Swedish
- Duration: 98 minutes
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Stimulants
Eight short films explore the undeniable human desire for stimulation, whether it is sexual, chemical, financial or otherwise. Some of Sweden’s best actors and directors contributed to this interesting collection of stories, each told in a different manner.- Genre: Drama
- Director: Gustaf Molander
- Cast: Harriet Andersson, Daniel Bergman, Käbi Laretei, ...
- First Release: 1967
- Language: Swedish
- Format: 1:1.33
- Duration: 105 minutes