Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult (1967)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Vilgot Sjöman

Writers:

Release Date:

10 March 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything...

Plot Keywords:

Political | Controversial | Sex | Nudity | Class Differences

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Lena Nyman	...	Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman / Lena
Vilgot Sjöman	...	Vilgot Sjöman
Börje Ahlstedt	...	Börje, Lena's boyfriend
Peter Lindgren	...	Lena's Father
Chris Wahlström	...	Rune's Woman
Marie Göranzon	...	Marie, Börje's mistress
Magnus Nilsson	...	Magnus, Lena's school friend
Ulla Lyttkens	...	Ulla, Lena's friend
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anders Ek
Martin Luther King	...	Himself
Yevgeni Yevtushenko	...	Himself

Also Known As:

I Am Curious (Yellow) (USA)
Jag är nyfiken - gul

Runtime:

121 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (uncut) (1967) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1970) | UK:15 (2006 re-rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2006) | UK:18 (video rating) (1994) | UK:X (1968 original rating) | UK:X (cut) (1968) | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2007) (uncut) | West Germany:18 (original rating) (heavily cut) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) (cut) | Norway:18 (1970) | Sweden:15 | USA:X | Australia:MA | Spain:(Banned) (1967 - 1978)

Company:

Sandrews

Trivia:

The interview with Martin Luther King was filmed in March 1966 when Dr. King was in Stockholm with Harry Belafonte to garner Swedish support for the American Civil Rights Movement.

Quotes:

Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: What would the rest of you do if we were invaded?
Boy in Uniform: Not give up. Sweden doesn't give up. And ignore all radio messages saying Sweden's been defeated.
Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman: Is that what you learn?
Boy in Uniform: It's in the book In Case of War. It was sent to everybody.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Sexual Freedom in Denmark (1970)

The first major release to show full frontal nudity of both male and female performers, and genuine intercourse on screen…

In the sixties, the Swedish films were known to be the most sexually graphic, but this is the one that really rocked the world… It was shocking in its uninhibited portrayal of sex and in its fulminating piece of social democracy… It was a significant step forward in getting the adult film shown in the theaters…

The film comes in two editions, blue and yellow… The blue version focuses more on the political issues and the yellow concentrates on the emergence of sexual liberation…

The lead character is a young Swedish girl who attempts to hold fast to her philosophy of nonviolence, free love, and democratic socialism... But the realities of her life force her to adopt new and unrestrained ideologies…

Strangely enough, in Sweden, it was criticized more for its left-wing attitudes than for its audacious display of sex…