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A Swedish Love Story movie storyline. Two idealistic teenagers fall in love for the first time in this romantic drama. They try to remain hopeful in a cynical world of adults that discourage them. Their parents are weary from life’s constant problems and fail to take the young couple seriously when they speak of love and hope for the future. Rolf Sohlman and Ann-Sofie Kylin are the young couple in love who try to rise above the clouds of despair created by their parents.
A Swedish Love Story (Swedish: En Kärleks Historia, A Love Story) is a 1970 Swedish romantic drama directed by Roy Andersson, starring Ann-Sofie Kylin and Rolf Sohlman as two teenagers falling in love. Inspired by the Czechoslovak New Wave, the film was Andersson’s feature film debut and was successful in Sweden and abroad.
Roy Andersson had just graduated from film school, having made two promising short films and a 48 minutes examination film, when he was given the opportunity to make A Swedish Love Story. The film was shot between 16 June and 26 August 1969. The Time Out Film Guide 2009 says the film is “strangely touching and wonderfully strange.”
It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 43rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. At the 7th Guldbagge Awards the film won the award for Best Film.
A Swedish Love Story (1970)
Directed by: Roy Andersson
Starring: Ann-Sofie Kylin, Rolf Sohlman, Anita Lindblom, Bertil Norström, Lennart Tellfelt, Margreth Weivers, Arne Andersson, Verner Edberg, Elsie Holm, Björn Andrésen
Screenplay by: Roy Andersson
Production Design by:
Cinematography by: Jörgen Persson
Film Editing by: Kalle Boman
Costume Design by: Per Lekang
Makeup Department: Elisabeth Orrheim
Music by: Björn Isfält
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: AB Europa Film (Sweden)
Release Date: April 24, 1970
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