A 14-minute Swedish film where nothing happens. Everything happens.
Birger is old and retired from work, but he still goes back to work since he has nothing else to do. Back home he gets a rare visitor: a girl from Hare Krishna recruiting new members.
Acting
Sten Ljunggren's face does more than most scripts.
Direction
Moodysson finds horror in politeness.
Director
Lukas Moodysson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Moodysson made this while still in film school, proving his knack for finding emotional devastation in mundane Swedish life before his breakthrough with 'Show Me Love.'
The Volvo factory setting is authentic — Ljunggren reportedly based his character's physicality on watching actual retired workers who still lingered at their old workplaces.
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