Land of Dreams (1988)

Original title

Sagolandet

Directed by

Jan Troell

Genre

documentary film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

3h 05m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a documentary essay where the director reflects on how Sweden has changed from his childhood to the 1980s. He interviews a psychologist, a future prime minister, and a former prime minister while showing reportages from around the country.

contemplativepersonalreflectiveepisodicobservationalmildly nostalgicthoughtfulunhurried

What happens

Land of Dreams is a 1988 Swedish essay film by Jan Troell. Its original Swedish title is Sagolandet, which means "The land of tales". Through a series of reportages from contemporary Sweden, Troell uses the film to ponder on the country's transformation since his childhood, into a society he argues has become permeated by rationality at the expense of creativity. Interweaved with the reportages are conversations with the American existential psychologist Rollo May, the politician Ingvar Carlsson soon before he became the prime minister of Sweden, and former prime minister Tage Erlander. Filming took place from 1983 to 1986. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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