About a young couple who accidentally by car run over someone and kill him. The victim turns out to be an escapee from an asylum for the mentally ill.The two wander around the country side trying to figure out the situation, which quickly turns out not only to include the fatal accident but also the same to their own mutual situation. The catastrophe becomes the catalyst for their own emotional confrontation and settlement.
Acting
Taube and Brodin weaponize passive aggression
Direction
Görling turns empty roads into purgatory
Cinematography
Bleached Nordic light as moral interrogation
Director
Lars Görling
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Sweden's 1960s 'new wave' that exported Bergman-esque dread to smaller domestic dramas.
Director Lars Görling was only 29; this was his second feature before pivoting to television.
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