Pernilla August : 2010
Svinalängorna
Leena, 34, has fought all her life to let go of her grief over her dark childhood. One morning just before Christmas, she receives a phone call from a hospital in her childhood hometown telling her that her mother is dying. Her parents, immigrants from Finland who never really felt at home in Sweden, lived their lives of devastating passion amidst alcohol addiction and violent quarrels, whilst Leena and her little brother tried to survive as best they could. For Leena, who has chosen to pursue normality at any cost, lying to herself and to others, this is her last chance to confront the dark world she comes from and belongs to. The news takes her on a journey to face her mother for the first time in her adult life – and a painful inner journey that forces her to recall and deal with her forgotten past to be able to move on. Winner of the International Film Critics' Week award at Venice Film Festival 2010.
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