Under the Sun
aka Under solen
First screened in February 2020
Director: Colin Nutley. Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Helena Bergström, Johan Widerberg, Jonas Falk, Linda Ulvaeus, Gunilla Röör, Per Sandberg. Screenplay: Colin Nutley, Johanna Hald, and David Neal (based on the novel The Little Farm by H.E. Bates).

Twitter Capsule: Potentially tender story about middle-aged virgin stymied by lily-gilding lensing, poor pacing and script structure.

VOR:   Resonated strongly in Sweden, so perhaps there's more here than I perceived, but I felt like bland clichés stifled what might have been fresh.



Photo © 1998 Sweetwater/Film i Väst, © 2001 Shadow Distribution

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C–


Academy Award Nominations:
Best Foreign Language Film

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