Rotten
Today we can get our sex with less punishment, which is progress of a sort.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Overview
Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an enormous archive. She experiments with relationships, political activism, and meditation. Meanwhile, the actors, director and crew are shown in a humorous parallel plot about the making of the film and their reactions to the story and each other. Nudity, explicit sex, and controversial politics kept this film from being shown in the US while its seizure by Customs was appealed.
Director and cast
- Vilgot Sjöman Director
- Lena Nyman as Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman / Lena
- Vilgot Sjöman as Vilgot Sjöman
- Börje Ahlstedt as Börje, Lena's boyfriend
- Peter Lindgren as Lena's Father
- Chris Wahlström as Rune's Woman
- Magnus Nilsson as Magnus, Lena's school friend
- Ulla Lyttkens as Ulla, Lena's friend
- Marie Göranzon as Marie, Börje's mistress
- Sven Wollter as Captain (uncredited)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
52%
Tomatometer
Fresh
I'm not very fond of this sort of moviemaking, which tries to disarm conventional criticism by exploiting formlessness as meaningful itself, but I like Sjoman's sense of humor and sense of humanity, and his obvious affection for Lena.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
The movie is simply, basically, boring. It is stupid and slow and uninteresting.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
It is an intellectually stimulating work with a smart, comical atmosphere, and it sustains its appeal through the perky modern attitude exhibited by Nyman, even when she has her clothing on.
Douglas Pratt, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
The mix of frivolousness and moral reproach, though, seems altogether '60s, rather than particularly Swedish.
Time Out
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