Three men, one woman, a drummer named Tommy, and every Scandinavian holiday you can name.
Kaj, Lennart and Robert are 30-somethings who go out to dance every weekend. At one dance they meet Inger, whom Kaj falls in love with. Kaj has some friends who are playing in a band. The drummer Tommy is known for being the local Casanova, seducing women when ever he gets the chance. It doesn't take him long to have an affair with Inger, behind Kaj's back.
Acting
Bergström's devastating stillness says everything.
Direction
Nutley turns dance halls into emotional battlegrounds.
Sound
Dansband music becomes its own character of longing.
Director
Colin Nutley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dansband was Sweden's dominant working-class music scene in the 70s-90s; this film captures its fading relevance as metaphor for stagnant masculinity. SPOILER FREE.
Helena Bergström and director Colin Nutley married after this film, making Tommy's seduction scenes... awkward in retrospect. LIGHT SPOILERS for relationship dynamics.
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