Hidden Diary

Hidden Diary 2009

5.90

In the 1950s, Louise left her husband when their children were still little. She was never heard from again. Her daughter Martine stayed in the small seaside town, where she became a doctor. Martine's daughter, Audrey, a thirty-year-old independent woman, returns to visit her parents. By chance, she finds a notebook that belonged to her grandmother, a diary that may at last explain her departure. Will it reveal the things left unsaid, that have altered the relationships within the heart of the family ever since? In it, will Audrey find answers to the questions that she is asking herself about her own future?

2009

Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit

Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit 1944

6.00

Once a naïve, love-struck girl now forsaken by her lover, Maija leaves her island home to work as a housemaid in the city, only to be seduced by her employer's son Erkki, then forced to leave the household in order to avoid the scandal of a pregnancy. With few prospects for a decent job, Maija is reduced to working as a bar hostess to make ends meet, ever fending off the advances of disreputable clients, even as she continues to hold out hope for an enduring love that will redeem her from her fate.

1944

The Silence

The Silence 2016

7.00

Fatma and her mother are Kurdish refugees living in Italy. One day at the hospital, Fatma learns her mother has breast cancer.

2016

If You Can't Fly

If You Can't Fly 2020

2.00

Musical notes make colors in Henri's head. Social interactions are the great enigma of his life and the tension of a piano's chords are the center of his world. Today, Henri has reached a decision: he is going to go to the music academy try his luck. But he must face Julia, the competition favorite. She is his only friend and his greatest rival.

2020

Vertiges

Vertiges 2014

10.00

Clara, 15, feels a strangeness she can not express and who will lead her to commit an irreparable act.

2014

När ängarna blommar

När ängarna blommar 1946

1

The farm workers at Näs Farm, lead by Hellman, go on strike, demanding that their employer recognize their labor union. But he calls on strike-breakers to perform the farm work. Hellman's son Gunnar is a hothead who easily gets in trouble.

1946

The Turnstile

The Turnstile 1944

1

The small town of Gåtatorp in Småland is entirely dependent on its prominent furniture factory. But the factory is in danger because the weak economy means that the bank wants to shut down the factory.

1944

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time 1945

1

A peddler visiting a small cottage in the winter. He tells some strange tales for the family living there.

1945

Utopia

Utopia 2012

4.70

When two boys from different social backgrounds connect via the internet, they go on an adventure into the suburbs around Paris. Lost among architectural projects from times when the future was still bright, they nourish their own personal utopia.

2012

Malin Goes Home

Malin Goes Home 1953

1

Old lady Malin Klintbom is being promised a cosy and comfortably life at the residential home she is invited to visit. However, she finds the home impossible to live at and flies in panic to her cabin.

1953

Mother's Revolution

Mother's Revolution 1950

4.00

Ester is a housewife and struggles for the family but is oppressed by both her husband and her oldest children. When Ester's sister comes to visit for a week, she sees what is going on in the family and she tries to convince Ester to come with her to the city and live with her. Just as a small test.

1950

Three Dances

Three Dances 1946

1

About two key pioneers of Swedish dance in the 1900s: Birgit Åkesson and Birgit Cullberg. Both were born in 1908 and became choreographers who made a big impression in the international dance history. Birgit Åkesson, in the serious "Fertility" directed by Alf Sjoberg, debuted in 1934 in Paris. She was co-designed the European avant-garde modern dance language, and created in the 1950s and 1960s, legendary works for the Stockholm Opera together with others including composer Karl-Birger Blomdahl and Erik Lindegren as librettist. Birgit Cullberg gives a much more relaxed and humorous impressions in "Antonius & Cleopatra", directed by Gerd Osten. Cullberg got her big break as a choreographer a few years in "Miss Julie" in 1950. After spending some time abroad Birgit Cullberg returned to Sweden and formed in 1967 the Cullberg Ballet, which she led until 1985. Topsy Håkansson, who performs the role as the gypsy.

1946

The Race of His Life

The Race of His Life 1944

1

Social Democratic election film. Young Lasse is unemployed and drawn to the Communists. However, he comes to the Social Democratic fold after heroically capturing a saboteur. He falls in love with young Greta, whose father is a nimble master tailor who knows how to put both communists and citizens in place.

1944