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Bara prata lite

  • 1997
  • 14m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Bara prata lite (1997)
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Birger is old and retired from work. Still, he goes back to work since he has nothing else to do. Back home he gets a rare visitor: a girl from Hare Krishna recruiting new members. But his n... Read allBirger is old and retired from work. Still, he goes back to work since he has nothing else to do. Back home he gets a rare visitor: a girl from Hare Krishna recruiting new members. But his need for human contact proves to be to overwhelming for the girl.Birger is old and retired from work. Still, he goes back to work since he has nothing else to do. Back home he gets a rare visitor: a girl from Hare Krishna recruiting new members. But his need for human contact proves to be to overwhelming for the girl.

  • Director
    • Lukas Moodysson
  • Writer
    • Lukas Moodysson
  • Stars
    • Sten Ljunggren
    • Cecilia Frode
    • Erich Hörtnagl
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lukas Moodysson
    • Writer
      • Lukas Moodysson
    • Stars
      • Sten Ljunggren
      • Cecilia Frode
      • Erich Hörtnagl
    • 21User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Sten Ljunggren
    Sten Ljunggren
    • Birger Andersson
    Cecilia Frode
    Cecilia Frode
    • Mahapadu
    Erich Hörtnagl
    • Ernst
    Sara Ragnarsson
    • Girl on the bus
    Grazyna Göransson
    • Woman
    Stig Gustavsson
    • Worker at Volvo
    Ahmet Berisha
    Anna Greta Ahrenberg
    Johanne Brochmann
    Sture Eklund
    Fredrik Fornänger
    Fredrik Fornänger
    Andreas Grönqvist
    Yvonne Hellgren
    Sanna Jordansson
    Rebecca Mjölnevik
    Ari Mustonen
    Emma Kristina Sahlén
    Johnny Nylund
    • Director
      • Lukas Moodysson
    • Writer
      • Lukas Moodysson
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    7invertedforest-70474

    Good old man

    In this short film, the main character is a middle-aged man. When I watch this man, I got a little frustrated. Why? At first, I thought he wants someone who needs him, but his way is too far from that easy simple wish. I think that he wants to control someone. Every time and everywhere, I encountered that kind of people who are always middle-aged men, sometimes mid-aged women and little children. Those people try to bully someone who was weaker than them. Although there is exception, I think people should be equal to each other basically. So this main character is an offensive person. However, turning to myself, am I sometimes like those people? When I watch this, I was frightened that I possibly hurt others in the future when I get older than now.
    acingst

    Lonely old man

    An old man sits on the seat next to a girl student on a bus. His name is Birger Andersson. He talks to her. But she does not actively talk with him. He says that he works a good company 'Volvo'. Actually he goes to the company to work. However, he is ignored by colleagues. Even the cook of the dining room does not communicate him. He is alone. He feels lonely so much. How much does he feel lonely? I image his loneliness; however, my image is not more than his loneliness. After he returns his home, one girl comes to his house. I am surprised that an old and a lonely man chooses action. I am also surprised by her action. Recently, aging society is accelerating in developed countries. This movie perhaps give a lot of people aging society's problems and makes people think about many positive or negative products which aging society create. I also am thought about aging society and single life with loneliness of old people by this movie. This movie is able to say the film that gives the society of the problem with the surprise to people who see.
    7stephencheevers

    talk, the short that led to F**king Amal

    you must look at this short in the context of its director/writers Lukas Moodysson's career, without it he wouldn't have got to make F**king Amal.Actually this short and storyline was actually apart of the first few drafts of the F**king Amal script, the film would have been a slasher flick instead of the touching love story, based around Elin and Jessica finding out that their next door neighbor is a killer, and basically Agnes would have been a sub plot instead of a main character. I for one would like to see that version of the script. the performance of the old lonely man is top notch although the end is a bit over the top, just like a lot of Moodysson's career.
    7kiekiekie

    horror of loneliness

    Talk is a short film made in 1997. The protagonist is Birger, a lonely old man. He can't stand loneliness and is always looking for someone to talk to, but without success. He tries to talk to the woman sitting next to him on the bus, but she doesn't take him up on his offer, and he loses her no matter what he says. He also goes out of his way to visit the factory where he retired to talk to his colleagues, but is annoying. On top of this, the canteen staff remembers his name wrongly. He tries to relate to people, but his loneliness only grows.

    The film focuses on loneliness, and Birger's loneliness is well portrayed; by portraying Birger's loneliness in a straightforward manner, the pain and fear of loneliness was more palpable. I also felt that the interactions between Birger and the people he speaks to are very realistic and helps the viewer to understand the loneliness Birger feels.
    7yuukiftb

    What if it would happen...

    There is an old man who seems to be retired from car company. He seems he doesn't have his own family, and being alone all day. Since he wants to talk with someone, he sometimes go to his previous work place, but workers say not to come. Moreover, in order to talk, he calls many people at random, and a woman comes to his house to talk about her country. He is happy to have a person to talk with, but he gets angry easily, so the woman comes to be afraid of him. What will happen in the ending? Before watching everything, I expected how it will end. My idea is kind of right, but it has more surprising ending! I wish there were no men like him in a real world.

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      • 1997 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • Sweden
    • Language
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      • Memfis Film & Television
      • SVT Drama
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