Sixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Estonia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.
Director:
Lukas Moodysson
Stars:
Oksana Akinshina,
Artyom Bogucharskiy,
Pavel Ponomaryov
In a decript apartment, a young man watches as his father and a friend shoot an amateur porn film. Issues of morality, reality TV and friendship are explored.
Director:
Lukas Moodysson
Stars:
Thorsten Flinck,
Björn Almroth,
Sanna Bråding
Moa is in her early 20s, works at a factory and lives by herself in a cottage in the forest. She is a vegan and follows her friends and demonstrations, mostly to fit in. But at home, by herself, she listens to pop music and use make-up.
Director:
Tova Magnusson
Stars:
Alexandra Dahlström,
Sverrir Gudnason,
Sebastian Ylvenius
Poetic, experimental and different, Container is described by Lukas Moodysson as "a black and white silent movie with sound" and with the following words; "A woman in a man's body. A man in... See full summary »
In what has to be one of the worst ideas in Christmas party planning history, Swedish house wife Sara decides to celebrate the yuletide season with her three ex-husbands and their families.... See full summary »
Director:
Kjell Sundvall
Stars:
Katarina Ewerlöf,
Peter Haber,
Jessica Zandén
Roro, a foreign worker in Swedish parks, loves his girlfriend but is about to marry another girl to prevent her from being sent back to Lebanon. Roros best friend, Måns, has his own ... See full summary »
While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their relationship with their live-in Filipino maid changing around them. At the same time, in the Philippines, the maid's family struggles to deal with her absence.
Director:
Lukas Moodysson
Stars:
Gael García Bernal,
Michelle Williams,
Marife Necesito
After meeting at a local pool over their summer break, a love triangle forms between three adolescent girls, which proves difficult to sustain as they each desire the love of another.
Director:
Céline Sciamma
Stars:
Pauline Acquart,
Louise Blachère,
Adèle Haenel
A teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back.
Director:
Mikael Håfström
Stars:
Andreas Wilson,
Henrik Lundström,
Gustaf Skarsgård
Åmål is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she is inexperienced in that matter. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her but is too shy to do anything about it. For a number of reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own feelings toward Agnes.Written by
Mattias Thuresson
According to Lena Katina, producer Ivan Shapovalov was inspired to create her famous, controversial pop duo t.A.T.u. after the release of this film. t.A.T.u. has a single titled "Show Me Love". See more »
Goofs
Although Agnes did not make a very good job of slashing her wrist, the wound should still have been visible in later scenes. See more »
Quotes
Agnes' Father Olof:
When our class met, I think it was our 25-year reunion, when they found out that I'd done well for myself. Bengt, who was then the class king, he didn't become anything. And the girls who were considered the prettiest, they weren't special any longer. So I think you'll be glad that you don't have it so easily. Because those who have it easy often become quite uninteresting.
Agnes:
But you're speaking in about 25 years. I'm sorry, but I'd rather be happy now than in 25 years.
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Crazy Credits
Under "TACK TILL ALLA STATISTER", Sofia Wennberg is credited twice. See more »
BLUE SKY BLACK
Written by Eva Lindgren (as Lindgren) and Mats From (as From)
Framförd av Evelyn
Med tillstånd av Cooi Music AB / Warner / Chappell Music Scand. AB See more »
I watched this with my girlfriend, who said it was one of the best love stories she had ever seen - I tend to agree. I am not usually a fan of love stories, preferring a good zombie flick, but this one transcended the genre by showing emotion and motivation of the characters in such an interesting way that you couldn't help but sympathize with them.
I confess that my motivations for watching it were rather base; I heard that it was about teenage Swedish lesbians, and thought that was a subject I would certainly like to explore in more depth. On the one hand, there are none of the explicit scenes I was hoping for; on the other hand, I got into the movie so much I didn't miss them.
Fans of love stories, teenage angst, girl power and anything related will definitely like this movie. Other people will like it too, you'll just have to talk them into watching it. It would certainly make a good date movie, or just one to provoke discussion and romance.
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I watched this with my girlfriend, who said it was one of the best love stories she had ever seen - I tend to agree. I am not usually a fan of love stories, preferring a good zombie flick, but this one transcended the genre by showing emotion and motivation of the characters in such an interesting way that you couldn't help but sympathize with them.
I confess that my motivations for watching it were rather base; I heard that it was about teenage Swedish lesbians, and thought that was a subject I would certainly like to explore in more depth. On the one hand, there are none of the explicit scenes I was hoping for; on the other hand, I got into the movie so much I didn't miss them.
Fans of love stories, teenage angst, girl power and anything related will definitely like this movie. Other people will like it too, you'll just have to talk them into watching it. It would certainly make a good date movie, or just one to provoke discussion and romance.