Six strangers, one raft, and the world's most passive-aggressive voyage to paradise.
A play about a group of people drifting on the raft Sweden towards the Island of Bliss
Acting
Ensemble chemistry so tense you could cut it with a herring.
Direction
Hjulström turns a raft into a psychological pressure cooker.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes politeness like only Scandinavians can.
Director
Lennart Hjulström
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from Lars Norén's play, this became a defining work of 1970s Swedish working-class theatre, capturing the era's disillusionment with social democracy's promises.
The original stage production used an actual water tank; Hjulström's TV adaptation was shot in a dry studio with ingenious camera angles that fooled audiences for years.
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