The Women on the Roof | |
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Directed by | Carl-Gustav Nykvist |
Written by | Carl-Gustav Nykvist Lasse Summanen |
Produced by | Waldemar Bergendahl |
Starring |
Amanda Ooms Helena Bergström |
Cinematography | Ulf Brantås |
Edited by | Lasse Summanen |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
The Women on the Roof ( Swedish: Kvinnorna på taket) is a 1989 Swedish film written and directed by Carl-Gustav Nykvist. It stars Amanda Ooms and Helena Bergström. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. [1] At the 25th Guldbagge Awards, Stellan Skarsgård won the award for Best Actor. [2] The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. [3]
An innocent and beautiful girl, Linnea (Amanda Ooms) rents an apartment in Stockholm just before World War I. As she works for an old man who owns a photography studio she meets Anna, a photographer (Helena Bergstrom) with whom she develops a complex friendship. Anna's circus-performer boyfriend and European politics complicate Linnea's routine.