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film by

Lukas Moodysson Karl Fredrik Lukas Moodysson (; born 17 January 1969) is a Swedish filmmaker, novelist, and short story writer. First coming to prominence as an ambitious poet in the 1980s, he had his big domestic and international breakthrough directing the 1 ...

. It premiered at the

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on February 11, 2006. The movie is in black and white and was described by Moodysson as "a silent movie with sound". The only sound in the film is a spoken

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monologue which is only loosely related to the visuals. It was shot in

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and

Trollhättan Trollhättan () is the 23rd-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Göta älv, near the lake Vänern, and has a population of approximately 50,000 in the city proper. It is loc ...

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. In 2010 director

Sjaron Minailo Sjaron Minailo is a Dutch Israeli opera director. He is the founder of Studio Minailo, an Amsterdam based studio for experimental opera, working throughout Europe in opera houses such as La Monnaie, Dutch National Opera, Bergen National Opera and ...

adapted the movie into a multimedia opera performance with soprano Elena Vink with music by Henry Vega and Kasia Glowicka. The opera premiered at the Rotterdam Operadagen.

Cast

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as The Woman / Speaker (voice) * Peter Lorentzon as Man * Mariha Åberg as Woman (voice)

References

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* * * 2006 films 2000s Swedish-language films Films directed by Lukas Moodysson Swedish LGBTQ-related films 2006 drama films 2000s LGBTQ-related drama films Swedish drama films 2006 LGBTQ-related films 2000s Swedish films Swedish-language drama films {{2000s-Sweden-film-stub