Tuppen Reviews

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 obsessing over all these young girls, especially after the rise of the MeToo movement. At least, it was encouraging that all these women seemed to be aware of his creepy behavior. However, it didn’t last for long. Indeed, at some point, some completely random character managed to convince Cederqvist to get a fancy car and, suddenly, all these girls decided to sleep with him which was such a weird turn of events. Finally, the last issue with this movie was that none of the characters was developed, not even the main character or any of the countless girls involved. And, yet, even if I didn’t care much for what this movie had to offer, back in these days, Hallström had such an interesting directly style. It was especially visible during a scene in one long take taking place in some dorm with so many young girls going in and out of the shot and the camera dancing around then at the same time. Anyway, to conclude, I think I was rather generous with my rating here but I guess it might still be worth a look but probably only if you are really interested in Lasse Hallström’s work.