Darling

Wanted to see Darling for quite a long time. Swedish film swedish everyday film. Maybe Together or Show Me Love. Otherwise not too many. Surprises me there are so few.

An uptown girl who - against all odds - loses both employment and boyfriend. Of course she lacks social security and decent family relations. Suddenly she works at MacDonalds with a middleaged unfortunate engineer. A winning story. Some scenes so painfully awkward i don't know where to look. And still i cant stop watching.

Evas absolutely monotone voice feels incredibly fake and mannered. At the beginning. But through the film it grows on you so that you can feel it all through your body. Finally a shiver of the voice is like a scream. A whisper an order. Basically. It is great.

Apparently it was a low budget film - but one cant tell because the photo is superb. And the music is beautiful. Reminds me of An unended journey and Métro Boheme. Peter Englund puts it so well - the camera rests not on the one speaking, but on the one silent..

Sure. I rather agree with SvD that it lacks touch with reality than DN that it is a class depiction. But it doesnt matter. Because the greatness of the movie is not to be documentary. Quite the opposite. I saw the film some weeks ago and has still not been able to let it go. For me that is quite rare.