A professor offers his bed to a beaten student. What could possibly go wrong? Everything.
Larry Pedersen, professor of psychology of religion, has just divorced when a student named Elisabeth student must take the exam before him. Later in the evening the same day, she is beaten by her boyfriend and then Pedersen offers her a bed for the night.
Direction
Vilgot Sjöman's final film, still itching to scandalize.
Acting
Ahlstedt's sweaty desperation as the 'nice guy' professor.
Director
Vilgot Sjöman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sjöman spent his career baiting Swedish censors—this was his last hurrah, made at 66 with zero chill.
The film deliberately mirrors Sjöman's own '491' controversy: forcing audiences to confront whether they're complicit in watching exploitation.
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