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Land of the Free

Country: Sweden, Language: Swedish, 12 mins

Original Title

Du gamla, Du fria
  • Director: Dawid Ullgren
  • Writer: Dawid Ullgren
  • Producer: Thomas Aziz, Robin Ehlde, Manne Indahl, Alina Rydbeck

CGiii Comment

A very painful watch...not only because of the erratic split screen...but, who wants to watch a prissy, over-dramatic, ridiculously sensitive, tantrum throwing, pissed queen cause unnecessary trouble!?!

They laughed [quite possibly, innocently] and he threw a bottle!

It's a powerful film...wholly unpleasant though. But...it certainly makes a statement!


Trailer...

Du gamla, du fria Land of the free (excerpt) from susanne on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

David and his friends celebrates his 25th birthday with a nightly swim at the beach. The good mood quickly changes after a potential homosexual insinuation is made by some passersby. But was it their intention to be homophobic? Who owns the truth of what exactly happened?

Cast & Characters

Samuel Astor as Yonas
Susanne Barklund as Yvonne
Jonatan Blode as Kristoffer
Bengt Braskered as Mikael
Carlos Romero Cruz as Ramin
Björn Elgerd as Felix
Jessica Liedberg as Johanna
Razmus Nyström as David