In 1944, Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women employees can work more efficiently. At the beginning he is greeted with suspicion and his efforts at courting the young ladies are futile. But as soon as he buys himself a car it becomes much easier, especially since he has the power to relocate people to an easier line of work. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Acting
Magnus Härenstam's cringe-perfect desperate middle manager energy
Direction
Hallström's surprisingly tender eye for female ensemble dynamics
Director
Lasse Hallström
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Lasse Hallström's theatrical feature debut after years directing ABBA music videos. You can feel the pop energy trying to break through.
Based on Sten Egil Dahl's novel, the film gently mocks Swedish wartime bureaucracy while women literally kept the economy running.
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