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13 out of 17 people found the following review useful:
The reality of the first half is kind of spoilt by the final few minutes but otherwise it is a great little film that I found touching in a tragic way, 30 July 2004
Author: bob the moo from Birmingham, UK

Birger works at Volvo and tries to talk to people as he gets the bus to work. However he doesn't work at Volvo anymore as he has retired but has nothing to do but hang around. His loneliness is very hard for him and he is grateful when a knock on the door brings a girl preaching about Hare Krishna to his home. He invites her in but his desire for even a conversation is intimidating to her.

The title of this film in English is 'Talk' and it sums up the content pretty well even if the film goes further than it should have done. In essence the film is quite moving and very real as we see Birger struggling to find anyone who will spend time with him. At my job we have a similar guy who retired years ago but continues to hang around even though many just feel sorry for him – this film has a similar guy in the lead. He tries to talk on the bus and, even in the early scene before we know much about him, he seems lonely and desperate. The film extends this idea well but, in the last few minutes it goes somewhere that I didn't expect and didn't fit with the tangible reality that I felt it had built up till that point.

This is a complaint but it is not one that takes away what it had done in the 10 minutes or so up till this point. The character of Birger is well written but succeeds because of very good delivery from Ljunggren. His natural and pained performance is spot on and he is the cornerstone of the film. Frode is annoying and the film doesn't treat her very well but it's easy not to really notice her part in the end of the film as Ljunggren is pretty dominant.

Overall this is a great little film that blows it a bit at the end by losing touch with the reality that it had set up so well – but this is not enough to make this a bad short film, just a lesser one than it should have been. But the material, the direction and Birger makes it well worth seeing.

Great short, 10 December 2011

Author: skeletorvsbeastman from United Kingdom

Textbook study for characterisation. Although some people have commented on the ending being somehow unrealistic, it is perfectly within the parameters of the character established in the first scene. It is in fact this surprising, but consequential character development which makes the film brilliant. While it may be depressing, it tells the harsh reality of life for many people and just how far our failings in the supposed 'idealistic' life that is laid before us can push the human Psyche. The film is superbly acted, and the shot composition from Moodysson serves each scene brilliantly, especially in establishing each scene - not overly pretentious as you may expect from the material, but he lets the substance of the material speak for itself. Nice short, especially for film study.

1 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
talk, the short that led to F**king Amal, 26 April 2007

Author: (stephencheevers) from dublin, ireland

you must look at this short in the context of its director/writers Lukas Moodysson's career, without it he wouldn't have got to make F**king Amal.Actually this short and storyline was actually apart of the first few drafts of the F**king Amal script, the film would have been a slasher flick instead of the touching love story, based around Elin and Jessica finding out that their next door neighbor is a killer, and basically Agnes would have been a sub plot instead of a main character. I for one would like to see that version of the script. the performance of the old lonely man is top notch although the end is a bit over the top, just like a lot of Moodysson's career.

1 out of 8 people found the following review useful:
Depressing, 13 December 2004

Author: Enchorde from Sweden

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

** HERE BE SPOILERS **

Birger (Ljungren) is either retired or has been let off from his work. Still in search for human contact, everyday he goes back to work. He tries to talk to people on the bus, he tries to talk to people at the factory and he tries to eat lunch at 9.30, just tom make some sort of contact. At home he desperately seeks contact with people by calling people at ransom and claiming to have misdialed, and then tries to talk to them. His luck is made when a girl (Frode) from Hare Krishna is out informing about a book and her religion. He invites her but do not really want to talk about religion. When she wants to leave, things get out of hand.

An extremely depressing short. Might have some insights how life may turn out (in a worst case scenario) when retirement comes and this is what saves it from being a disaster. Why anyone would like to watch this on the other hand is beyond my comprehension.

2/10

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