Swedish small-town disaster: when bad luck becomes biblical and you can't look away.
Alongside a tranquil road somewhere in Sweden live a number of people who are pretty much like people in general. When a highly improbable and catastrophic chain of events besets them, it leads to break up and change. A tragicomic story that feels both familiar and alien at the same time.
Acting
Helena Bergström's unraveling widow—devastating and darkly funny.
Writing
Rubble-heap of interconnected misfortune, IKEA-level assembly required.
Director
Kjell-Åke Andersson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Lars Norén's stage play, Sweden's most performed contemporary playwright—this adaptation sparked debate about whether his dense theatrical misery translates to screen.
The exploding sawmill sequence was achieved with a quarter-scale miniature that took six weeks to build and three seconds to destroy.
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