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The Stone Face (1973)

The Stone Face (1973)

Drama Crime
Release Date: 1973, September 3
Directors: Jan Halldoff
Countries: Sweden
Production: Swedish Filmproduction International, Swedish Filmproduction International, Inge Ivarson Filmproductions, Inge Ivarson Filmproductions
Cast: Marie Ekorre, Ted Gärdestad, Bert-Åke Varg, Peter Strom, Jan Blomberg, Annika Levin, Ann-Marie Adamsson, Per Eklöv, Leif Möller, Mari Lundin

Overview:

After losing his son in a traffic accident and his wife to mental illness, Harry moves to a gloomy Stockholm suburb. A local youth gang is harassing the neighborhood and Harry comes up with the idea of hiring the gang to kill the bureaucrats who are responsible for the construction of the suburb. The film is a fierce critique of the political project of building suburbs designed only for workers to sleep in and also wants to have a say in the debate over nature vs nurture.

Keywords:

sociology youth gang suburban angst lost youth city youths poverty row suburban mediocrity swedish social democrats swedish architecture