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''Speak Up! It's So Dark'' ( sv, Tala! Det är så mörkt) is a 1993 Swedish
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film directed by Suzanne Osten. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards, Simon Norrthon was nominated for the
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award and
Niklas Rådström Niklas Rådström (born 12 April 1953) is one of Sweden's most noted and prolific contemporary poets, novelists and playwrights. He is the son of the author Pär Rådström and theater director Anne Marie Rådström. Poetry Rådström made his d ...
was nominated for
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Plot

An elderly
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man ( Etienne Glaser) befriends a young
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( Simon Norrthon) on a train and invites him to his home. Through a series of discussions the two gradually come to understand each other better.


Cast

* Etienne Glaser as Jacob * Simon Norrthon as Sören the skinhead * Anna-Yrsa Falenius as Raped Woman * Anders Garpe as Sören's Father * Gertrud Gidlund as Sören's Mother *
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as Nurse


Distribution

''Speak Up! It's So Dark'' was shown at the 1993
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. It was distributed on video in the United States by First Run Features.


Awards

* 1993: Créteil International Women's Film Festival - Grand Prix (Suzanne Osten)


References


External links

* * 1993 films 1993 drama films Swedish drama films 1990s Swedish-language films Films directed by Suzanne Osten First Run Features films 1990s Swedish films {{1990s-Sweden-film-stub