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Bröllopsbesvär [Wedding: Swedish Style] (Åke Falck, 1964)

Nov

11

Bröllopsbesvär (1964)

Bride and groom, and resentfulness at front. DP: Rune Ericson.

A dysfunctional family*

 

On a wedding day, and night, a family's dirty secrets are laid bare.

 

* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for November is, again, not date-based, but follows a sloppy schmaltzy all-American Thanksgiving-y narrative. Trying to make it work my way.

Nattlek [Night Games] (Mai Zetterling, 1966)

Mar

8

International Women's Day

Nattlek (1966)

Jan (Jörgen Lindström) and his mother (Ingrid Thulin) share a bed while she reads him a bedtime story. DP: Rune Ericson.

A mother for International Women's Day

 

When returning home to the castle he grew up in, Jan attempts to free himself from the suffocating clutches of his neurotic mother.

 

This film was the final straw for Shirley Temple; she resigned from the board of the San Francisco Film Festival calling Zetterling's film “pornography for profit”.

Doktor Glas [Doctor Glas] (Mai Zetterling, 1968)

May

27

akvavit

Doktor Glas (1968)

A man (Per Oscarsson) raises a glass and peers though its ribs and liquids. DP: Rune Ericson.

Bröder Carl [Brother Carl] (Susan Sontag, 1971)

Feb

7

Ballet Day

Bröder Carl (1971)

Carl (Laurent Terzieff) in a the opening position of a brisé (litt. “broken”) – a leap – on a veranda, with choreographer Martin (Keve Hjelm) watching over him. DP: Rune Ericson.