The film depicts a stubborn farmer who refuses to adapt to new rules that require him to leave his milk on the village common milk stool instead of his own.
Acting
Hirdwall's simmering, magnificent stubbornness
Direction
Molin's deadpan comic timing
Director
Lars Molin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Molin's films defined 1980s Swedish working-class comedy, influencing everything from Roy Andersson to late-night anxiety.
The milk stool was real—Sweden actually had these regulations, and farmers genuinely revolted.
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