Together

 

Together (Tillsammans) 2000

• Director: Lukas Moodysson
• Seen by this director: Fucking Åmål, Lilja 4-ever
• Based on the novel: no
• Cast: Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyquist, Emma Samuelsson, Sam Kessel, Gustaf Hammarsten, Anja Lundqvist, Ola Rapace, Shanti Roney, Sten Ljungren, Jessica Liedberg
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in
• Lisa Lindgren – Tusenbröder
• Michael Nyquist – Colonia, Min så kallade pappa, John Wick, Luftslottet som sprängdes, Flickan som lekte med elden, Män som hatar kvinnor, Grabben i graven bredvid,
• Gustaf Hammarsten – Old, Stockholm, Cleo
• Ola Rapace – Vit skräp, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Skyfall, Svinalängorna, Tusenbröder
• Shanti Roney - Tusenbröder, Stockholm
• Sten Ljungren – Gräns, Snoken
• Why? Michael Nyquist, a modern Swedish classic
• Seen: Once before. Now 11 September 2024 

Stockholm, 1975. Franco is dead and the members of Tillsammans, the commune Together, are jubilant.

This is the story of the lives and loves, conflicts, friendships, squabbles, worries, arguments over whose turn it is to do the dishes, socialism, joys, nudity, sex, lack thereof, hotdogs. The sister Elizabeth (Lindgren) of one of them, Göran (Hammarsten), leaves her abusive husband (Nyquist) and moves in with two reluctant and sullen kids.

It’s funny and sad, philosophical and political, realistic and gently mocking, painful and affectionate, a loving look at how difficult but important it is to try to live up to one’s principles, to try to create a world with a little more solidarity and equality.

OK, call me nostalgic. 

4* of 5