Here's Your Life (1966)

Original title

Här har du ditt liv

Directed by

Jan Troell

Genre

drama film, Bildungsroman

Country

Sweden

Runtime

2h 49m

Rated

15+

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A working-class boy grows up in northern Sweden at the turn of the century. The story follows his experiences with family, work, and the natural world around him.

bittersweetnostalgicmeditativeearthyslowintrospectivemelancholicgrounded

What happens

Here Is Your Life (Swedish: Här har du ditt liv) is a Swedish coming-of-age film directed by Jan Troell. It was released to cinemas in Sweden on 26 December 1966. The film is based on a novel of the same name, the second of Eyvind Johnson's semi-autobiographical series of four novels Romanen om Olof, about a working-class boy growing up in the northern parts of Sweden. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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