Underplayed Gems

Så fruktansvärt onödigt (1979)

Så fruktansvärt onödigt poster
Directed by
Roy Andersson
Genre
documentary film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
58 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This Swedish documentary from 1979 follows a family on Gotland who lost their son after he fell into a well. It was commissioned as an informational film about child accidents but director Roy Andersson chose to present the family's story directly without moralizing.

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What happens

Så fruktansvärt onödigt är en svensk dokumentärfilm från 1979 i regi av Roy Andersson. Den har undertiteln känslor och tankar kring barn och olyckor. Filmen skildrar en familj på Gotland som förlorat sin son som fallit i en brunn. Filmen var ett beställningsarbete för Samarbetskommittén mot barnolycksfall och ämnad som informationsfilm. Andersson valde att skildra familjen rakt av utan pekpinnar, vilket väckte en del fundersamhet hos uppdragsgivaren, som dock i slutändan gav Andersson fria händer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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