51 minutes of a man drowning in his own contradictions. You'll need to breathe after.
The criminal Tom goes in and out of jail and feels he is getting destructive, where he can't distinguish between love and violence, endearment and toughness nor self realization and self destruction.
Acting
Horge's physicality speaks what his character cannot
Direction
Lindgren's tight frame traps you with Tom
Director
Hans Lindgren
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1970s Norwegian cinema rarely got this psychologically raw; this was state-funded bravery.
Horge and Helge Jordal would become major Norwegian screen presences; this was early, hungry work.
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