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A Sunday in September (1963)

A Sunday in September poster
Original title
En söndag i september
Directed by
Jörn Donner
Genre
drama film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 54m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A film about a man and a woman over the course of their brief marriage. It shows the everyday interactions and emotional ups and downs between them.

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What happens

A Sunday in September (Swedish: En söndag i september) is a 1963 Swedish drama film directed by Jörn Donner. It is the first feature-length film directed by Donner. The film follows a man named Stig (played by Thommy Berggren) and a woman named Birgitta (played by Harriet Andersson) through their short-lived marriage. Harriet Andersson was widely praised by critics for her performance. The film was shown at the 24th Venice International Film Festival where it received the Opera Prima prize for best directoral debut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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