City of My Dreams (1976)

Original title

Mina drömmars stad

Directed by

Ingvar Skogsberg

Genre

drama film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

2h 48m

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man arrives in 19th century Stockholm hoping for a better life. The story follows his struggles and dreams in a rapidly changing city.

nostalgicmelancholicgroundedslow-burnbittersweetobservationalpensiveatmospheric

What happens

City of My Dreams (Swedish: Mina drömmars stad) is a 1976 Swedish historical drama film directed by Ingvar Skogsberg and based on the book with the same name, written by Per Anders Fogelström. It was screened at the 1978 San Francisco International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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