En kärlekshistoria (A Swedish Love Story), a 1970 film by Roy Andersson.
Andersson’s feature film debut is a sunny, optimistic work that has drawn comparison to early films by Ingmar Bergman. Two adolescents meet and cautiously fall in love in beautiful surroundings during the peak of an idyllic Swedish summer. Oblivious to social boundaries, they innocently create their own milieu, expecting little from the adults around them.
As soon as I found out which film was used in a Pearl Jam fan-made video, I was reminded my mum liked this film. I remember saying the title seemed so simplistic and to this, she said it may be simple but the film itself isn’t. I had an inkling it didn’t end well, so I didn’t make an effort to see it. I had forgotten that when this film was released, my mum was roughly eleven years old. Regardless, it left an impact on her so I’m going to make an effort to see it somehow to find out how so.
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