Making Babies
(2001)
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Making Babies
(2001)
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| Jonas Karlsson | ... |
Johan
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Johanna Sällström | ... |
Anna-Karin
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Ralph Carlsson | ... |
Henrik
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| Shanti Roney | ... |
Clarence
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Michalis Koutsogiannakis | ... |
Dimitris
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Lisa Lindgren | ... |
Åsa
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| Michael Nyqvist | ... |
Doctor
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Ingela Olsson | ... |
Doctor at the fertility clinic
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Anders Janzon | ... |
Elof
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Gunilla Abrahamsson | ... |
Pharmacy clerk
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Angela Kovacs | ... |
Banker
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Johan and Anna-Karin have been a couple for years but despite many attempts, Anna-Karin doesn't get pregnant. A visit to a fertility clinic shows why: Johan's sperm quality is too low. Johan is waiting to take over his father's farm, but what's the point if they can never have children? The news also puts a strain on their relationship since Anna-Karin desperately wants to be a mother. Written by Mattias Thuresson
This film surprised me. It was recently televised in Australia on SBS-TV with sub-titles. It's not a great-looking movie; this disappointed me, because, being a Swedish film, I expected lots of beautiful scenery and beautiful people. Not so - both scenery and people were very ordinary, even a bit less than ordinary. But the story
- essentially about a young couple whose quest to have a child delves
beneath the surface of their relationship to expose the flaws in both the relationship and each other - is quite skillfully told. In particular, I enjoyed how Johan's earlier selfishness, once he finds the truth about his fertility, escalates into child-like temper tantrums. The resolution to the story, whilst a bit quick and too much of a total turn-around to be considered realistic, is satisfying all the same.Whilst viewing this movie I kept thinking that it was so much better by far than all those cheesy relationship films which Hollywood churns out. It's a very universal story, and could have been just as easily filmed in China or Australia or Croatia or Iceland. It's well worth seeing.