The Girls
A great feminist film!
Mai Zetterling
Filmography
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The Girls
Three actresses prepare to go on the road in a theater production of "Lysistrata," Aristophanes’ classic comic play about women and war. As they re-assess and deal with the problems in their respective private lives, they recognize the parallels with the play and begin to realize that it is...Watch Movie
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Loving Couples
For her feature film directing debut, actress Mai Zetterling turned to Agnes von Krusenstjerna's controversial masterpiece of Swedish feminist literature, "The Misses von Pahlen," an intense and personal seven-part novel that has been likened to the great works of D.H. Lawrence. As three pregnant...Watch Movie
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The War Game
Two grade-school-aged boys play with cap guns in an apartment complex. As their fun gets increasingly rough, one of the "toys" turns out to look suspiciously like a real revolver and the "game" grows increasingly dangerous. This visually accomplished meditation on violence, sans any spoken...Watch Movie
Genres
- Adaptation / Literary / Prose
- Comedy / Anarchic Comedy
- Drama / Dramedy
- Drama / Melodrama
- Drama / Romantic Drama
- Fantasy / Allegory
- International / European / Scandinavian / Swedish
- International / European / United Kingdom
- Short / Narrative
- War
- War / WWI
Recent Reviews
The War Game
Very simple short film - hard to say just where it gets its power from but it does have some. Worth the 14 minutes of your time.
Loving Couples
Perhaps its the poor editing that hobbles this film somewhat. In spite of it, I found it worthwhile. Excellent cinematography. Over all an ambitious and adventurous attempt at capturing a...
The War Game
filmed really well_i always get nervous when kids might be hurt