The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps together with the cows. He meets the disabled Anna who is the first one to treat him as an adult. One day he has had enough of Höglund's maltreatment and moves in with Anna's family. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Directed by Hans Alfredson
mentally disabled
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3.8 / 5
Cast
Stellan Skarsgård
Sven
Hans Alfredson
Höglund
Maria Johansson
Anna
Per Myrberg
Andersson
Gösta Ekman
The New Driver
Carl Billquist
Flodin
Lena Nyman
Woman Without Legs
Nils Ahlroth
Månsson
Lars Amble
Bengt
Lena-Pia Bernhardsson
Mrs. Andersson
Cecilia Walton
Vera
Wallis Grahn
Mrs. Höglund
Crew
Hans Alfredson
Director
Hans Alfredson
Writer
Hans Alfredson
Novel
Ulla-Britt Söderlund
Costume Design
Waldemar Bergendahl
Production Manager
Popular Reviews
8 reviews
MopudPRO
10.0★ · 03/26/26
“all night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.”sven, the most painful thing isn’t watching you get hurt or humiliated… it’s seeing you believe you actually deserve it. and when anna shows up with something as simple as kindness, you’re surprised like it’s something unfamiliar. that’s what really breaks you. i’m mad at the way the system failed you. in the end, nothing here is truly fair not in the courtroom, not in this world and maybe that’s what the three angels are for. not to save you, not to intervene. just to witness. because in this world, no one else would.
it’s the kind of weight that builds up slowly. not the loud, explosive sadness, but the quiet kind that lingers… even long after the film ends. stellan here proves that silence can hit way louder than any scream, it feels like everything’s kept inside, not let out.
“all night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.”sven, the most painful thing isn’t watching you get hurt or humiliated… it’s seeing you believe you actually deserve it. and when anna shows up with something as simple as kindness, you’re surprised like it’s something unfamiliar. that’s what really breaks you. i’m mad at the way the system failed you. in the end, nothing here is truly fair not in the courtroom, not in this world and maybe that’s what the three angels are for. not to save you, not to intervene. just to witness. because in this world, no one else would.
it’s the kind of weight that builds up slowly. not the loud, explosive sadness, but the quiet kind that lingers… even long after the film ends. stellan here proves that silence can hit way louder than any scream, it feels like everything’s kept inside, not let out.
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johanna
8.0★ · 02/15/26
the use of music in this is so peak
the use of music in this is so peak
Jasper
8.8★ · 05/31/24
Fingertip transition goes hard, among Many other cool cinematic ideas.
Stellan is stellar.
Fingertip transition goes hard, among Many other cool cinematic ideas.
