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Together
2000
Set in 1975 Stockholm at a communal living house called "Tillsammans" or "Together," this bittersweet comedy revolves around the members of a radical hippie commune as they fight, fall in love, and struggle to stay together. Director Lukas Moodysson perfectly captures the youthful idealism and visual style of the period, .. Read more
| Starring | Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyquist, Sam Kessel, Michael Nyqvist |
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| Director | Lukas Moodysson |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, World Cinema |
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Together
Set in 1975 Stockholm at a communal living house called "Tillsammans" or "Together," this bittersweet comedy revolves around the members of a radical hippie commune as they fight, fall in love, and struggle to stay together. Director Lukas Moodysson perfectly captures the youthful idealism and visual style of the period, commenting on the social and political climate with a steady dose of irony and heartfelt emotion. The members of the commune, desperate to live in Socialist-like peace, fight about everything including television, meals, and dish-washing duties. One day, Goran (Gustav Hammarsten), a soft spoken and painfully mild-mannered member of the group, brings his straightlaced suburban sister Elisabeth (Lisa Lundgren) and her two children to live at the commune, rescuing her from an abusive husband. Initially, Elisabeth is shocked at the radical political and sexual attitudes of her new housemates but soon she is joining in spirited partying and coming to terms with her own sexual and social awakening. Similar to Moodysson's critically acclaimed 1998 film, SHOW ME LOVE, he portrays sexuality and alienation with a breathtakingly simple honesty. Moodysson also sheds light on the experiences of Elisabeth's two painfully shy children who are trapped in a seemingly crazy adult world. The film offers a refreshing view of the 1970s, fraught with the joys and dangers of social idealism.
| Starring | Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyquist, Sam Kessel, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson |
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| Director | Lukas Moodysson |
| Studio | METRODOME DISTRIBUTION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 42 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Swedish |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 21 Apr 2003 Production year: 2000 |
| Format | DVD |
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Life on a commune in the mid-1970s may seem like a soft target but, as he demonstrated with Show Me Love, Swedish director Lukas Moodysson isn't interested in the obvious. There's plenty of laissez-faire liberalism in the attitudes of the chunky sweatered leader and his kaftan-wearing acolytes. Yet, amid all the dope-smoking and free-loving permissiveness, there's a real sense of socio-political conflict as human nature intrudes upon the idyll. Exploring the group's self-satisfied moral rectitude and their blithe disregard for how this alternative lifestyle will impact on their children, Moodysson provides a shrewd and sympathetic insight into an era when apathy wasn't an option.
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"...Enchanting....This is the rare movie that gets you to fall in love with characters you don't even like..." -- Rating: A
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14 out of 14 people found this review helpful
Involving and funny
Together is about a commune in the seventies and brilliantly evokes the idealism and sense of adventure and fun.
Together was full of interesting and believable characters. It was funny in a gentle way and had interesting and warm hearted observations on human motivation and behaviour, particularly human failings! I found this film absorbing and entertaining. It was very well written and very well acted! -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
great!
I am conditioned to, and fond of, Hollywood movies. You forget just how predictable they are; and how they're made to a very recognisable structure. Recently, it seems, I only get a truly great cinematic experience when I venture out of mainstream America and into Italian, Danish, or now- Swedish films.
This is a film about people. About a bunch of dysfunctional yet highly idealistic Swedes in the 1970's- it's surprising just how much I could relate to it and how inspired a piece of filmmaking it was. I think audiences generally see a cinematic feat as being- a big budget explosion, or something very visual and hi-tech like 'The Matrix'- but for me, the development of the characters in a film like 'Together' is really a piece of cinematic genius, far more difficult than what a $100 million Universal Studios picture could come up with.
The characters and the way they relate to each other- through dialogue, body language and looks, married with the structure of the story - it's complex, and heavy. Yet completely inspired and joyful viewing.
If you've seen 'Okay' or 'Festen' (they're both Danish, not Swedish) then I think you'd like this film. It's all about the characters, and life - but it's quite profound without trying to be. The scene at the end with the football and Abba - it's magic. True, original and happy - movie magic. -
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