Tuppen

An average movie

“To be honest, it seemed to be a really obscure flick but since it was directed by Lasse Hallström and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, like Switzerland, Sweden was neutral during WWII so it was interesting to see a movie focusing on this time period. Indeed, while in most of Europe a massive conflict impacting the lives of millions of people was taking place, life was apparently going on in Sweden as if nothing completely dreadful was happening just a few hundred kilometers away. Eventually, I wonder why Hallström decided to tell this story explicitly during this time period. Anyway, concerning the story itself, even if the tone was light and even frivolous, there was still something rather cringe-inducing about this engineer obsess” read more