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Så går ett år – Tiden i Sjöbo

Et un an passe
Ebbe Gilbe
Gunnar Källström
Kjell Tunegård
1988 Sweden 173 minutes Swedish

We wanted to present a picture of Sweden and chose Sjobö, a dot on the landscape in the middle of nowhere, because Sweden is better viewed from underneath in Sjobö than from above the capital. When we shot the first metres on New Year’s Eve 1986, Sjobö was a provincial non-entity (…). When we had finished filming in 1988, Sjobö had become notorious up and down the country, for narrow-mindedness, xenophobia and racism. For more than one year we filmed some of the people who live there. Their ideas, their days and their existence. Our Swedish life.

Production :
Media Arts Technology Production Mexfilm AB
Distribution :
Svenska Filminstitutet Swedish Film Institute
Editing :
Ebbe Gilbe; Gunnar Källström; Kjell Tunegård
Sound :
Ebbe Gilbe; Gunnar Källström; Kjell Tunegård
Photography :
Ebbe Gilbe; Gunnar Källström; Kjell Tunegård

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