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ALL THINGS FAIR
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A young man and his teacher become wrapped up in an extremely volatile romance in the impressive final film from director Bo Widerberg (Elvira Madigan), who died two years after its release. Set in Sweden during WWII, the coming-of-age story unfolds as 15-year-old Stig (Johan Widerberg, Bo's son) falls madly in love with his older, married teacher, Viola (Marika Lagercrantz), who readily returns the boy's affections. The relationship takes a bitter, violent turn when Stig attempts to break it off. Winner of the Blue Angel and Silver Bear Awards at the 1966 Berlinale Film Festival. In Swedish Bo Widerberg---Sweden---1995---125 mins.
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ANITA
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Christina Lindberg is the titular nymphet in this arty Swedish exploitation flick that delves into the psychology and depression underlying the sexual promiscuity of teenage girl. After much skin baring, Anita tries to seduce a young psychology student (Stellan Skarsgard in one of his first roles). He resists and takes it upon himself to get to the bottom of this deep, seedy problem. Also known as Anita: Swedish Nymphet. In Swedish with optional Torgny Wickman---Sweden---1973---95 mins.
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ARN: THE KNIGHT TEMPLAR
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In this popular Scandinavian historical epic set in the Middle Ages, Joakim Natterqvist is Arn, a Swedish nobleman whose forbidden love gets him shipped off to join the Knights Templar. His travels take his across mainland Europe and deep into the brutal Crusades. Co-starring Stellan Skarsgard, Simon Callow, Vincent Perez and Michael Nyqvist. In Swedish, English, Arabic and French with English subtitles.
Peter Flinth---Sweden/Great Britain---2007---133 mins.
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AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
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In this joyful Swedish film from Kay Pollak, a prominent orchestra conductor suffers a breakdown and returns to the village of his childhood.
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BATTLE OF THE X-PLANES
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NOVA goes behind the doors of the world's two largest aerospace companies to record classified meetings, climbs into cockpits to fly the most revolutionary planes, and examines the high-stakes battle waged between Boeing and Lockheed Martin to build the most capable and versatile fighter ever created - the Joint Strike Fighter. You're on the front line as the two aerospace giants fight for a contract that will make aviation history and help protect America, and that could provide the winner total domination of the U.S. defense fighter industry. 120 mins.
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DANCER, THE (FEUER)
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Called "the ballet world's equivalent of Hoop Dreams" (Miami Herald), this documentary follows young ballerina Katja Bjourner on her journey as a student at The Royal Swedish Ballet School as she develops towar d a promising professional career. Swedish with English subtitles. Donya Feuer---Sweden---1994---96 mins.
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ELVIRA MADIGAN
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This 1967 Swedish romance is a modern classic.
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EROTIKON
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Mauritz Stiller's silent classic is a luminous and slyly humorous depiction of a love triangle in high society Stockholm. "Erotikon, whose resolution still looks radical today, remains ripe for feminist interpretation, while Stiller's concern with the frustration and marginalisation of the artist looks more contemporary by the year" (Alexander Jacoby, Senses of Cinema). Mauritz Stiller---Sweden---1920---73 mins.
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EVERLASTING MOMENTS
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Set at the turn of the 20th century, this Swedish drama from Jan Troell deals with the profound effects a camera has on Maria and her working class family.
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EVIL
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Reminiscent of Young Toerless, this powerful, Oscar-nominated drama stars Andreas Wilson as a teenager in 1950s Sweden who's packed off to boarding school because of his involvement in a series of fights. Within the rigid confines of Stjarnsberg, Erik (Wilson) discovers an inflexible student hierarchy enforced by sadistic violence. At risk of being expelled, Erik is forced to use guile to survive--until the possibility of friendship and love presents him a means of escape. "Watching this time bomb ticking is never less than riveting" (Scott Tobias, The Onion). In Swedish with English Mikael Hafstrom---Sweden/Denmark---2003---113 mins.
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FAITHLESS
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With the understanding only intimacy can bring, Liv Ullmann brings to the screen Ingmar Bergman's unsparingly honest script about an infidelity from his past. Although fictional in some respects, there is no effort to mask the autobiographical nature of the story (a central character's name is Bergman), nor any attempt to soften what is clearly a harsh self-critique. Erland Josephson (Scenes from a Marriage) plays Bergman, who calls upon his muse--the ghost of a former lover--to share her reasons for having the affair that now haunts him so. "It looks just as Bergman might have filmed it: formal, precise and demanding of its cast an astonishing surrender to a gallery of unflinching close-ups" (Philip Strick, Sight & Sound). With Lena Endre (Best Intentions), Krister Henriksson and Thomas Hanzon (Private Confessions). In Swedish with English subtitles. Liv Ullmann---Sweden---2000---142 mins.
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GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, THE
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In the final chapter of Stieg Larsson's "Millennium trilogy," hacker-badass Lisbeth Salander is admitted to the hospital after the climactic shootout she survived in The Girl Who Played with Fire. While she recovers and awaits trail for murder, Mikael Blomkvist, her only ally, investigates those who set her up and for what shadowy purpose.
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GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, THE
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After The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, this murkier chapter of the "Millennium" trilogy continues following the unlikely pairing of investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and cyberpunk Lisbeth Salander. When the latter is implicated in a multiple homicide, Blomkvist sets out to help Salander, only to find he's the one in need of saving.
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GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, THE (2009)
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Adapted from Stieg Larsson's popular novel, this grisly, sleek thriller follows a nightmare hacker girl and a journalist as they form an unlikely crime-solving team.
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GIRL, THE (FLICKAN 2009)
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Winner of Best Debut Film at the Berlinale, Fredrik Edfeldt's first feature is a coming of age drama about a 10-year-old girl (Blanca Engstrom) who is essentially left home alone during the summer of 1981 while her parents travel to Africa. Her boozy aunt (Tova Magnusson-Norling) is ostensibly caring for her, but the girl is free to explore her house and small town like never before. What she finds is not all sugar and spice and everything nice. "A satisfying, sun-dappled fable about the kindness of strangers and the cruelty of peers" (The New York Times). In Swedish with English subtitles.
Fredrik Edfeldt---Sweden---2009---95 mins.
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GIRLS, THE (ZETTERLING)
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The fourth film from unsung feminist director Mai Zetterling (Loving Couples) features three supremely talented actresses best known for their performances in Ingmar Bergman classics. Harriet Andersson, Bibi Andersson, and Gunnel Lindblom star as actresses preparing to go on the road with a theatrical production of Aristophanes' classic comedy Lysistrata. As they scrutinize their roles, the women discover that certain real-life resonances cast the play in a tragic light. "A film which no man could have made, but which gains an added dimension from the fact that its maker is a woman" (The Times, UK). In Swedish with English subtitles. Mai Zetterling---Sweden---1968---100 mins.
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GOOD EVENING MR. WALLENBERG
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A moving and sensitive portrait of Raoul Wallenberg, the heroic Swedish businessman who saved thousands of Jews from extermination in Nazi-dominated Hungary. Despite his amazing courage and luck in his self-appointed mission, his own fate remains a mystery. Stellan Skarsgard stars as Wallenberg. "The most passionate and best re-creation of Wallenberg and his moment. Skarsgard is merely perfect" (The New York Post). In Swedish, German and Hungarian with English subtitles. Kjell Grede---Sweden---1990---115 mins.
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HAMSUN
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Max Von Sydow (Hannah and Her Sisters, The Seventh Seal) delivers a "career-crowning performance" (The New York Times) in this complex portrait of Knut Hamsun, the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian author who stunned the world by siding with Hitler and the Nazis. With Ghita Norby. In Swedish, Danish and Norwegian with English subtitles. Jan Troell---Germany/Norway/Sweden/Denmark---1996---154 mins.
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HUNGER (CARLSEN)
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Per Oscarsson gives his greatest performance as Pontus, a starving writer in Norway circa 1890, in Henning Carlsen's filming of a Knut Hamsun novel. Pontus stumbles through the streets in search of his own fantasies. His articles are continually refused by editors, and by autumn he is left penniless and without food. "Every tic, every gesture appears to have been with him for years rather than just assumed for a film part" (Peter Cowie). Winner of the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. In Swedish with English subtitles. Henning Carlsen---Sweden---1966---112 mins.
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I AM CURIOUS YELLOW / BLUE SET
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This set contains both I Am Curious features--groundbreaking films that shocked American viewers with their nudity and sexual content while also playing with narrative and documentary conventions. In I Am Curious--Yellow (121 mins.), a sociologist explores issues of class and politics in Swedish society while having a passionate affair that leads to sex in several interesting locations, including in front of the Royal Palace. I Am Curious--Blue (107 mins.) also links sexual and political themes, moving out to the deserted wilderness to look at a less modern Sweden. The colors in the titles refer to the country's flag. The first film caused a scandal when it was seized by U.S. customs agents and declared "indecent" in a trial. When that verdict was overturned the film was released and became a box office hit, marking a new era of liberal sexuality in film. Swedish with English Vilgot Sjoman---Sweden---1967---228 mins.
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