Drama
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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
- Director: Stefan Jarl
- First Release: 1991
- Language: Swedish
- Format: 1:1.66
- Duration: 35 minutes
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Deadline
Deadline takes us behind the scenes in the high- pressure world of a tabloid newspaper office as journalist Annika Bengtzon tries to uncover the details behind a devastating bomb blast in the newly constructed Olympic Stadium, which left the seemingly “perfect” woman head of the organising committee dead. As the investigati...- Genre: Drama
- Director: Colin Nutley
- Cast: Helena Bergström, Örjan Ramberg, Reine Brynolfsso...
- First Release: 2001
- Language: Swedish
- Format: 1:1.85
- Duration: 128 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
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Raven´s End
Young Anders dreams of becoming a writer but is trapped in a squalid working class neighbourhood with his unemployed alcoholic father, laundress mother and pregnant girlfriend. Drowning in his family’s misery, Anders flees, leaving everything and everyone behind...- Genre: Drama
- Director: Bo Widerberg
- Cast: Thommy Berggren, Keve Hjelm, Emy Storm, Christina...
- First Release: 1963
- Language: Swedish
- Format: 1:1.37
- Duration: 100 minutes
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Music for Weddings and Funerals
In a Europe spilling across new borders nothing can be hidden, nothing can be covered up. Walled up in the sterile modernism of her architect ex-husband’s immaculately designed mansion, bereaved writer Sara struggles to come to terms with divorce and the harrowing death of her only child. With the success of her latest aut...- Genre: Drama
- Director: Unni Straume
- Cast: Lena Endre, Bjørn Floberg, Rebecca Hemse, Goran B...
- First Release: 2002
- Language: Norwegian
- Format: 1:2,35 DigitalScope
- Duration: 97 minutes
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Expectations
It’s the story of a man who wanted to commit suicide, a farmer who shelters a young couple from eastern Europe, a gentle gigolo who finally finds love and a little girl whose dad is always very busy. A slice of life, a kaleidoscope of themes and characters, a portrait of modern society.- Genre: Drama
- Director: Daniel Bergman
- Cast: Lena Endre, Hans Klinga, Gunnel Lindblom, Anki Li...
- First Release: 1997
- Language: Swedish
- Format: 1:1.66
- Duration: 95 minutes
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Decent Life, A
Ten years have passed. And what you suspected at the end of They Call Us Misfits has become reality: Stoffe didn´t make it; during the shooting of the film he takes his final overdose of heroin. It was a hard blow for Stefan Jarl, who was making this film primarily to try to save Stoffe´s life. If They Call Us Misfits was a ...- Genre: Drama
- Director: Stefan Jarl
- Cast: Kenneth Gustafsson, Eva Blondin, Patric Gustafsso...
- First Release: 1979
- Language: Swedish
- Format: 1:1.66