Three friends who haven't seen each other for seventeen years reunite and have a lot to tell about what has happened in the meantime. The film follows the friends for some time afterwards and then moves another twenty years in the future...
Direction
Hallström's gentle touch before Hollywood called
Acting
Swedish TV legends playing regret beautifully
Writing
Forty years of life in under two hours

Director
Lasse Hallström
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hallström made this between his breakthrough 'My Life as a Dog' and his Hollywood exile; it's his most personal Swedish work.
The cast were Sweden's beloved TV personalities—imagine M*A*S*H stars doing an indie drama about mortality. Audiences were confused.