Visiting One's Son
Besöka sin son
Sweden
1967
14 Min
Black and White
1.37:1
Swedish
Synopsis
This is one of the first student films that Andersson made. The storyline is about a son’s father (Lars Karlsteen) and mother (Maud Backeus) who come to visit him (Peter Egge) and his girlfriend (Kajsa Wilund) for the first time. The father continually criticizes the living condition his son is living in. The son does a good job of ignoring and not confronting his father’s rudeness.
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Roy Andersson
Roy Andersson (born 31 March 1943) is a Swedish film director, best known for his films A Swedish Love Story and Songs from the Second Floor. More than any other, Songs from the Second Floor succeeded in cementing his personal style — a style characterized by long takes, absurdist comedy, stiff caricaturing of Swedish culture and Felliniesque grotesque. He has spent much of his professional life working on advertisement spots, directing over 400 commercials and two short films, but only directing four feature-length films in three decades. His latest film is You, the Living from 2007. —Wikipedia
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5 o'clock coffee
8Feb12
In its 9 minutes length, Andersson brings up social subjects such as working class’ life, women’s role/wife’s submission, conflict of generations. Time changed, things changed, but the scene of the family at the table could still be reproduced today, forty four years later: “You can’t just read magazines. Read some books too”. You can’t just get on the internet. Read some books too.
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By 5 o'clock coffee on February 8, 2012
Roy Andersson’s short movies focus on working class and youth daily life, capturing and portraying a small slice of his characters’ day. Unlike his next and more known works, he uses very realistic… read review
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