The Women on the Roof (1989)

Original title

Kvinnorna på taket

Directed by

Carl-Gustaf Nykvist

Genre

drama film, coming-of-age film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 29m

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman navigates her changing life in Stockholm during the summer of 1947. She forms connections with two other women and faces personal decisions about her future.

melancholiccontemplativeslow-burnpoignantintrospectivewistfulsubtlebittersweet

What happens

The Women on the Roof (Swedish: Kvinnorna på taket) is a 1989 Swedish film written and directed by Carl-Gustav Nykvist. It stars Amanda Ooms and Helena Bergström. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. At the 25th Guldbagge Awards, Stellan Skarsgård won the award for Best Actor. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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