A Swedish Love Story (1970)

Original title

En kärlekshistoria

Directed by

Roy Andersson

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

AL

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 170 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two teenagers fall in love in rural Sweden. The film follows their sweet and uncertain romance as they navigate family and social life around them.

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What happens

A Swedish Love Story (Swedish: En kärlekshistoria, lit. 'A Love Story') is a 1970 Swedish romantic drama directed by Roy Andersson, starring Ann-Sofie Kylin and Rolf Sohlman as two teenagers falling in love. Inspired by the Czechoslovak New Wave, the film was Andersson's feature film debut and was successful in Sweden and abroad. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 43rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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