Anna Asp

A young woman struggles to defend her indigenous heritage in a world where xenophobia is on the rise, climate change is threatening reindeer herding, and young people choose suicide in the face of collective desperation.

One morning just before Christmas, Leena receives a phone call from a hospital in her childhood hometown telling her that her mother is dying. This news takes her on a journey to face her mother for the first time in her adult life. Leena has fought all her life to let go of her grief over her lost and dark childhood. She is now forced to deal with her past to be able to move on.

A priest is shot outside a hotel in Ystad and is fighting for his life in hospital. Wallander has no clues to the shooter until he finds out that the priest was having an affair.

Homes are being burgled in Ystad and three neighbors form their own vigilante group. Soon Wallander is convinced the group has committed a double murder, although no bodies have been found.

After the murder of a motorcyclist, an investigation reveals that bikers are being used as drug couriers from Denmark to Sweden and that the killing was part of a cartel power struggle.

When a young boy disappears from pre-school, Wallander joins a desperate search to find him. Suspicions immediately fall on a pedophile recently released from prison.

Kurt Wallander has bought a dream house by the sea, but his peace and quiet is soon shattered when a man is murdered and an explosion in one of Ystad's power grids shuts down the electricity in the whole city.

Arn, hijo de un noble sueco de alto rango, es educado en un monasterio en el arte de la lucha con espada y en el estudio de los libros, al cruzar miradas con una joven de una familia rival su destino lo llevara a tierras lejanas.

When an American tourist is found murdered after visiting an internationally renowned photographer, her husband believes she was having an affair. Kurt Wallander decides to investigate.

Un agricultor es encontrado muerto, y casi todo demuestra que fue pateado por un caballo. Sin embargo, la autopsia demuestra todo lo contrario: había sido golpeado hasta la muerte....

Kurt Wallander and the other police officers try to find the connection between a horrible murder that took place in Ystad and the kidnapping of one of the police force's daughters. It also seems someone has infiltrated the police and controls every move the police make.

A Lebanese boy gets separated from his family during the civil war and ends up in Sweden.

Short documentary featuring interviews from the cast and crew of "Fanny and Alexander." Featured on the Criterion Collection box set of the film.

Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels guilt for the death of his drug-addicted rock star friend Niila.

Erik, un joven de 16 años expulsado de su escuela por su comportamiento violento, recibe la última oportunidad cuando su madre le envía a un exclusivo colegio privado. Allí pronto descubrirá, sin embargo, que los alumnos mayores ejercen un cruel reinado del terror sobre los estudiantes más jóvenes.

In the mid-1920s, four young men and women have decided to spend their summer holiday studying together and have rented a wonderful house in the Swedish archipelago. Rationally, they realize that this cohabitation may lead to some of the members being attracted to one another. Thus, in order to avoid unnecessary passions, conflicts, jealousy, grief and enmity, the women sleep in a separate house on the other side of the creek. In spite of believing that they are prepared for anything, and even though they share the task of cooking, their feelings get carried away.

Un famoso director de orquesta, víctima del Alzheimer, ve cómo va borrándose toda una vida de estudios y conocimientos musicales. El único consuelo es un romance otoñal con una violinista, infelizmente casada, que trata de ayudarlo en su difícil transición hacia el abismo de la desintegración de la memoria.

Francia, a principios del siglo XIX. De forma cruel e injusta, Jean Valjean es condenado y llevado a prisión por robar una barra de pan. Pero el convicto logra escapar de la cárcel y se refugia en la pobre villa de Vigau, de la que con el tiempo llegará a ser alcalde y a la que convertirá en una próspera ciudad. Mientras, para el policía Javert, encontrarle se ha convertido en una obsesión y le perseguirá de forma implacable durante toda su vida.

Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine.

Historia de los Trueba, una turbulenta famila chilena de clase alta que, durante tres generaciones, vive los cambiantes acontecimientos de su país. Con su violento patriarca y sus mujeres clarividentes, la historia familiar se extiende desde finales del siglo XIX hasta el golpe de estado que derrocó al gobierno de Salvador Allende en 1973.

Historia de los Trueba, una turbulenta famila chilena de clase alta que, durante tres generaciones, vive los cambiantes acontecimientos de su país. Con su violento patriarca y sus mujeres clarividentes, la historia familiar se extiende desde finales del siglo XIX hasta el golpe de estado que derrocó al gobierno de Salvador Allende en 1973.

Año 1909. En el transcurso de una huelga general, Henrik, un humilde estudiante de Teología, conoce a una chica de una familia de clase alta a la que todos adoran, sobre todo su padre. Entre ellos nacerá, a pesar de la oposición familiar, una larga historia de amor que encarna la lucha contra el rígido sistema de clases dominante. Se basa en la historia de los padres de Bergman.

Documentary on production designer Anna Asp's work with director Andrey Tarkovsky, during the shooting of his film Offret (The Sacrifice).

A short story from the book Nils Karlsson Pyssling.

A finales del siglo XIX, dos emigrantes suecos, Lasse Karlsson y su hijo Pelle, llegan a la isla danesa de Bornholm con la esperanza de encontrar trabajo en una granja y ahorrar suficiente dinero para viajar a los Estados Unidos de América.

Mientras su familia se reúne para celebrar su cumpleaños, el periodista Alexander se siente angustiado por la desoladora falta de espiritualidad que caracteriza al mundo contemporáneo. Sus peores temores se confirman cuando, durante la fiesta, llega la noticia de un inminente conflicto nuclear: la Tercera Guerra Mundial. El final, definitivo e irreversible, está cerca. En ese momento están con él su angustiada esposa, sus dos hijos, un amigo médico y un peculiar cartero, que lo convence de que una de sus criadas es una bruja que tiene el poder de salvar al mundo mediante un último sacrificio.

Åke and his world is a long, lyrical study of a Swedish country doctor of the 1930s. Åke is the doctor's six-year-old son, from whose point of view the film is told. His best friend is Kalle Nubb. Åke is very frightened of the janitor Bergström as well as the lunatic Anne-Marie.

Después del ensayo de una obra de Strindberg, Henrik Vogler, un viejo director de teatro, se sumerge en sus recuerdos hasta que es interrumpido por la entrada de dos mujeres: Anna, una apasionada y joven actriz, dispuesta a sacrificarlo todo por el arte, y Rakel, una mujer neurótica y alcohólica que ha sido su amante. Los tres evocarán su vida sentimental.

Fanny y Alexander son dos hermanos que pertenecen a la pintoresca familia Ekdahl, a principios de siglo XX. Sus padres, Oscar y Emilie, son el director y la actriz principal de la compañía local de teatro, respectivamente. Tras la repentina muerte de Oscar, Emilie se vuelve a casar con un predicador autoritario que les obliga a mantener una vida ascética. "Fanny y Alexander" fue mimada por la crítica y consiguió cuatro Oscars en la edición de 1984: dirección artística, fotografía, vestuario y película de habla no inglesa.

Fanny y Alexander son dos hermanos que pertenecen a la pintoresca familia Ekdahl, a principios de siglo XX. Sus padres, Oscar y Emilie, son el director y la actriz principal de la compañía local de teatro, respectivamente. Tras la repentina muerte de Oscar, Emilie se vuelve a casar con un predicador autoritario que les obliga a mantener una vida ascética. "Fanny y Alexander" fue mimada por la crítica y consiguió cuatro Oscars en la edición de 1984: dirección artística, fotografía, vestuario y película de habla no inglesa.

Set between 1930s and 50s, The Farewell the story of Valerie, who lives in a household totally repressed by her stern father. When Valerie has a brief affair with another woman, her father is extremely angry and tries to end the affair with physical force. However Valerie’s determination, independence and lesbian feelings cannot be crushed.

Reine is supposed to go to a summer camp called Children's Island but decides to remain in Stockholm over the summer while his mother is working at a hospital. She thinks he is at the camp, and he tells her he is. We then follow him around Stockholm that summer and see what he encounters on the path of life.

"My Love" - A drama rich in symbols about an unsuccessful Norwegian bookseller. With a bag filled with quirky literature he wanders through Stockholm, trying to find book buyers.

Charlotte es una famosa concertista de piano que ha estado tan volcada en su carrera que no ha visto a su hija Eva en siete años. Eva, que vive con su marido, un pastor protestante, y con una hermana gravemente incapacitada, mantiene con su madre una relación de amor-odio. Después de tantos años, Charlotte decide ir a visitarlos, pero el encuentro pronto se convertirá en un tenso duelo entre madre e hija.

Conventions of civility among family members are severely strained by the very real breakup of the bonds between them. During a few days at a vacation home, Katha, a woman in late middle age, tries to cope with an influx of discontented, disconnected relatives. Her divorced daughter brings all sorts of people to the house, including a woman-friend accompanied by her psychotic son; the grandfather of the house is convinced he is dying and is satisfied by nothing; and some friends drop off their angry teenage son to stay with her, while they go on a long trip abroad. Her friend Emma doesn't help much with keeping a lid on things, as she is a social worker who is fascinated by the awfulness of these situations.

Una psiquiatra que no soporta la ausencia temporal de su marido se vuelca en el difícil caso de una de sus pacientes.

In a minor town the morose manager is primarily responsible for the bad atmosphere of a restaurant. But central for the plot are three persons: a male waiter who is never named (here called W), the female waiter Anna, and "the count", a self-invented nickname by a man cleaning plates. The count is skilled in making others do what he wants. Half a dozen of the personnel assist in a poorly planned and failed attempt to liberate a man whom the police move from one arrest to another. The event involves stealing a motorcycle and threatening policemen with a gun. Anna strongly tries to make contact with W. Finally it turns out that she need his help to break her sexual relation to the count, a relation that from her part is not motivated by positive feelings. W rejects her attempts. And then Anna has suddenly gone. She has got a pleasant job in another town. And then W's feelings awaken.

Private detective Ture Sventon is visited by his friend Mr. Omar of the Arabic desert. Sventon decides to travel with Mr. Omar on his flying carpet to Paris. However, Sventon almost exclusively lives on cream puffs, and to transport these across the continent, he needs a portable fridge. He pays a visit to Stockholms foremost fridge inventor and are introduced to a new fridge which shrinks and deshrinks the food. The inventor is afraid his new invention will be stolen, and thus Sventon brings it to Paris where it gets stolen.

A German businessman wants to buy land in southern Sweden for a gigantic amusement park, his new project called "Deutschneyland" (a wordplay of Deutschland and Disneyland). Some of the locals dislike the idea, including the magically talented Lindberg family, and work to frustrate the development plans.