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In this somber, psychological drama about the conflict between a man's innermost feelings and a society that puts these feelings in a strait jacket, the mood is ruminative and depressing throughout. Alone, Viktor (Sven Wolter) heads off for his usual summer vacation to some islands where he can ostensibly look for antiques for his wife's shop in Stockholm. His marriage is a failure or worse -- he raped his wife before he left home, and he is obsessed by erotic imaginings. Once on the islands, he makes friends with a little girl whose mother is mentally disturbed and is kept by her husband in a locked room. The islanders are as tight-lipped as Viktor, and any communication is stiff and artificial. Viktor's own alienation begins to slip as he takes surprising, violent action to turn around the imprisoned mother's life -- but it does not work, nothing seems to work -- and his last actions indicate that he may not be willing to simply give up.

Top Cast

  • Sven Wollter

    Sven Wollter

    Viktor

  • Karolina Korpioja

    Karolina Korpioja

    Agneta

  • Aino Seppo

    Aino Seppo

    Agnetas mor

  • Soli Labbart

    Soli Labbart

    Agnetas mormor

  • Tomas Laustiola

    Tomas Laustiola

    Agnetas far

  • Bibi Andersson

    Bibi Andersson

    Viktors hustru

  • Jacob Hirdwall

    Jacob Hirdwall

    Viktors son

  • Ulf Törnroth

    Ulf Törnroth

    bonden

  • Toni Regnér

    Toni Regnér

    bondens hustru

Overview

In this somber, psychological drama about the conflict between a man's innermost feelings and a society that puts these feelings in a strait jacket, the mood is ruminative and depressing throughout. Alone, Viktor (Sven Wolter) heads off for his usual summer vacation to some islands where he can ostensibly look for antiques for his wife's shop in Stockholm. His marriage is a failure or worse -- he raped his wife before he left home, and he is obsessed by erotic imaginings. Once on the islands, he makes friends with a little girl whose mother is mentally disturbed and is kept by her husband in a locked room. The islanders are as tight-lipped as Viktor, and any communication is stiff and artificial. Viktor's own alienation begins to slip as he takes surprising, violent action to turn around the imprisoned mother's life -- but it does not work, nothing seems to work -- and his last actions indicate that he may not be willing to simply give up.

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