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Ciao Bella
Sweden, 2007, 89 min.
When Iranian-born Swede Mustafa is transformed into Latin lover Massimo, his suave manners and sense of style attract working-class beauty Linnea. This sassily humorous love story manages to address serious issues, including national stereotyping, racism, and an increasingly sexualized youth.... more
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Everlasting Moments
Sweden, 2008, 125 min.
Veteran Swedish director Jan Troell (best known for The Emigrants, his classic from 1971) returns with this elegant, perfectly realized period family drama starring the luminous Maria Heiskanen as Maria Larsson, a pioneer of Swedish photography at the turn of the 20th century.... more
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Patrik, Age 1.5
Sweden, 2008, 100 min.
A bureaucratic blunder — in this case a misplaced punctuation mark — means that gay couple Göran and Sven's newly adopted 15-month-old cherub turns out to be a homophobic 15-year-old boy with a dubious past.... more
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