Screening dates and booking

Credits

  • Director

    John Skoog

  • Screenwriters

    Kettil Kasang, John Skoog

  • With

    Denis Lavant, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Livia Millhagen

  • Sweden-Denmark-Netherlands-Poland-Finland 2025. 85min

  • Courtesy of

    Sovereign Film Distribution

  • Language

    Swedish

    With English subtitles

Introduction

At the height of the Cold War, Swedish farmhand Karl-Göran Persson obsessively fortifies his house into a community haven from what appears to be an imminent global conflict. Grounded by Ita Zbroniec-Zajt’s extraordinary black and white cinematography, artist-filmmaker Skoog poetically reimagines the drama of one man’s obsession against the undulating rhythms and beauty of rural quotidian life.

Sarah Lutton

How to book

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