Kent, Lasse, Olle and Sven are in their mid-twenties and have been friends since childhood. At a restaurant they meet two young women and one of them, Lena, becomes pregnant. Now, who is the father? Well, it's definitely not Kent, but the others convince him to accept the fatherhood.
Acting
Stangertz's slow-burn breakdown is devastating.
Direction
Halldoff lets discomfort breathe.
Director
Jan Halldoff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Sweden's 1970s 'new wave' interrogating working-class masculinity — think Bergman but with beer breath and bad decisions.
The rape's off-screen handling mirrors how the male characters dismiss it; Halldoff implicates the audience in their denial.
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