

Six friends, one skeleton, zero alibis — Swedish noir so tense you'll forget it's sunny.
Harry, returning home after six years in an asylum, has vivid recollections of a party many years ago with six of his friends. The party ended with one of them, Raoul, disappearing. A gardener is digging in Harry's garden when a skeleton and a watch with the name "Raoul" is found. Harry invites his friends to a dinner to solve the mystery of Raoul's disappearance.
Direction
Gentele traps seven people in one room and makes it suffocating.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes politeness — every pleasantry hides a dagger.
Acting
Malmsten's twitchy fragility vs. Palme's smug menace — chef's kiss.

Director
Göran Gentele
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-WWII Swedish cinema grappled with collective guilt; this adapts a French play but feels distinctly Nordic in its repressed emotional violence.
Göran Gentele later became director of the Royal Swedish Opera — his theatrical blocking here is no accident, every character positioned like chess pieces.
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