Speak Up! It's So Dark
Encyclopedia
Speak Up! It's So Dark is a 1993
Swedish
drama film
directed by Suzanne Osten.
by First Run Features
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1993 in film
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm. -Events:...
Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Suzanne Osten.
Plot
An elderly Jewish man (Etienne Glaser) befriends a young neo-nazi (Simon Norrthon) on a train and invites him to his home. Through a series of discussions the two gradually come to understand each other better.Selected cast
- Etienne Glaser as Jacob
- Simon Norrthon as Sören the skinhead
- Anna-Yrsa Falenius as Raped Woman
- Anders Garpe as Sören's Father
- Gertrud Gidlund as Sören's Mother
- Pia JohanssonPia JohanssonPia Johansson born Pia Ann-Kristin Johansson on November 16, 1960 in Umeå, is a Swedish actor, lecturer and examinator.Johansson studied at the Skara scene school, which was followed by a degree from Stockholm Theatre school in 1989. After studying she was employed at Stockholm City Theatre's...
as Nurse
Distribution
Speak Up! It's So Dark was shown at the 1993 Toronto Film Festival. It was distributed on video in the United StatesUnited States
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by First Run Features
First Run Features
First Run Features is an independent film distribution company based in New York City. First Run was founded in 1979 by a group of filmmakers in order to advance the distribution of independent film...
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