Confrontation between a young neo-Nazi and a Jewish doctor, 11 August 1999

Author: PM-19 from Eindhoven, Holland

A chilling, breathtaking, frightening film. A great psychological drama, about a young Swedish neo-nazi, who has been beaten up by other neo-nazis and hides from them in a train. In there, he catches the attention of an older Jewish doctor, Jacob, who notices that Soren ( the neo-nazi ) is injured and invites him to come to his practice to treat him. I found it so very touching that this Jewish man, with all his horrible memories( his entire family died in Auschwitz ), offers his help to this young man, even though he undoubtably must have noticed that it is a neo-nazi, with obviously the anti-Semetic ideas of this movement.

Soren visites the practice, and is invited by Jacob to visit him in his home. Jacob has noticed that this young man has deep-seated problems, and is fascinated by the reasons and motivations for his ( racial-) hatred and aggressive behaviour.

Then we see a series of ‘sessions’ in which Jacob learns more about Soren and Soren’s background, and Soren in return learns more about Jacob, his terrible losses during World War II, and the true meaning of what happened to the Jews in the camps. In the beginning, Soren is very aggressive and doesn’t believe a thing Jacob is trying to tell him. He mocks at him, makes anti-Semitic remarks, threatens him and tries to justify his racialistic ideas and hostile acts towards immigrants.

But slowly, they begin to respect and understand each other, and Soren begins to see that his troubled youth might have something to do with his aggressive behaviour, and that his ideas about Jews, homosexuals and immigrants may not be entirely true or justified after all. Soren doesn’t really express his newly gained insights in so many words, but in the end ( when they meet in a train again ), he sits next to Jacob, and smiles at him in a friendly way.

Most of the scenes were shot in a livingroom in Jacob’s own home. There are only two important characters, Jacob and Soren. There is no great soundtrack, no special effects, no beautiful sets or locations, but still this is one of the best ( if not THE best ) films I have ever seen. The ongoing conversation between these two opposite characters – one full of kindness and compassion and understanding, the other full of hatred and deep-buried sorrow and pain – is absolutely poignant to watch. There are a number of talking-sessions in which you get some understanding in Jacob’s own youth ( through beautifully shot black-and-white scenes of his flight to Sweden with his mother as a young boy ), and in other scenes some insight in Sorens life as a violent neo-nazi and of his troubled childhood with a dominant, violent and abusive father.

Both the actors are really great, and act in such a pure, natural way that I sometimes had the feeling that I was actually watching a real-life documentary with real people who had been through everything that is told in the movie. I found it sometimes very difficult to keep up with and understand Soren’s twisted way of thinking, but the conversations never became to difficult or to winded to fail in holding my complete attention.

A chilling, horrific, beautiful, impressive, frightening and sorrowful film. I was still shivering hours later…………..I give it 10 out of 10 !

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The post Suzanne Osten – Tala! Det är så mörkt AKA Speak up! It’s so Dark… (1993) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

The real horror is worse than – than a horror film, worse than – than the worst horror film. A story about some who are producing horror and special effects.

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The post Suzanne Osten – Livsfarlig film (1988) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

The first feature film of swedish feminist director Suzanne Osten. Winner of the Guldpalm award for best actress in 1982.

A tragicomic story about a woman who above all things desire to make cinema but find it hard to do because she is.. well .. a woman. Based upon the wartime diaries of the director’s mother.

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The post Suzanne Osten – Mamma AKA Mother (1982) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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In an apartment, Siri, a single and psychotic mother, locks herself up with her daughter. Demons are in charge here. Ti can hear her mother talk to the demons, she can see her mother’s transformed and closed expression. But Ti can neither see nor hear the demons her mother is talking to. The situation becomes dangerous when the demons entirely take over Siri’s world. Really dangerous. Siri is no longer Siri. It’s as if she has been transformed into a demon herself. In order to survive, Ti engages her imagination to conquer her mother’s demons.

Inspired by experiences from her own childhood, Suzanne Osten’s film tells a story that is as vivid as it is touching about a child’s love for and loyalty to her parent. No matter what.

”When I was a child, there was no one who understood what I was going through. Least of all me. The background to this story is my own. I grew up with a mother who suffered from schizophrenia. As a child, it would have helped me to know that I wasn’t alone and that there was help to get. But how do you tell a story like this to children? In 1998, I wrote a book in which I turned the illness into demons. That made it possible for the child in the story to maintain her love for her mother. The book was then dramatized for the stage by Erik Uddenberg and directed by me. It was a success! Our theatrical company has performed this story about Ti and her psychotic mother in Sweden and abroad for 10 years: in South Africa, Canada, the USA, Paris, London, and other places. The pressing message in the story is to see all the children who actually take care of their sick parents in reality. In every audience, in every classroom, in every town there are children who don’t know that it’s not their fault that their parents are sick. Our script must be the first one to deal with psychoses and schizophrenia from a child’s perspective. At the same time, the film says something important to children whose parents struggle with other types of demons: demanding bosses at work, lack of money, alcohol, low self-esteem, and other problems. The Girl, the Mother and the Demons is both a touching and intriguing film that with beautiful cinematography illustrates the love between parent and child, as well as the love between other adults and children. The actors who play the mother and daughter are mother and daughter in real life, which adds more credibility to their performance.”

– Suzanne Osten

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