Kurt and Sonja are happily married and dream of buying a house and have children. One day Kurt's old friend Nick pops up. Secrets from Sonja's past life surface.
Acting
Birgit Tengroth's face does what scripts fear to write.
Direction
Faustman lets silence sit like a third guest at every table.
Director
Hampe Faustman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bengt Ekerot, playing a small role here, would later become Death in Bergman's The Seventh Seal.
Faustman was a rare working-class voice in Swedish cinema; this film was controversial for suggesting respectability itself might be a trap.
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