Cinema
Demoner
Carsten Brandt · 1986
Synopsis
One evening, in their apartment, Frank and Katarina tear into each other once again: their marriage is nothing but a series of violent quarrels. Since Frank's brother has cancelled a dinner at the last moment, Frank invites in his place the neighbours across the way, Thomas and Jenna, a happy couple. Having come for a drink, they find themselves gradually drawn into their hosts' hostility, and the evening keeps turning nastier.
Context
The film adapts a play by Lars Norén, whom many regard as the greatest Swedish dramatist after Strindberg, written in 1978 and premiered on 28 April 1984 on the small stage of the Stockholm City Theatre, in a staging by Carsten Brandt. The idea of the film had arisen earlier: Norén, Brandt and the producer Bo Jonsson were planning a film together, and Norén proposed his brand-new play; exhausted by the premiere, he gave up writing the screenplay, which Brandt wrote alone. The film brings together Ewa Fröling, Lars Green, Björn Granath and Pia Oscarsson.
Who it is for
About two hours, in Swedish. A one-night chamber piece, made almost entirely of dialogue, in which nothing is softened.
Prizes and reception
Mixed reception: part of the critics hailed an actors' work, another saw in it only filmed theatre.
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