NOR26 Raven's End

Kvarteret Korpen

Swedish with English subtitles

A period film that trades nostalgia for an unflinching look at working-class hardship, Bo Widerberg's sophomore feature is set in 1936 in his native Malmö.

In the impoverished neighbourhood of Raven's End, a young dreamer named Anders (played by Widerberg's frequent collaborator Tommy Berggren) pursues his ambitions as a writer while growing ever more suffocated by the crushing weight of a bleak world closing in around him, beneath poverty, family dysfunction, and the creeping shadow of war on the horizon.

A shot of raw, kitchen-sink energy straight into the veins of Swedish cinema, Raven's End offers a merciless portrait of youthful hope colliding with the grinding weight of economic despair.

"By turns lyrical and impassioned, bitterly humorous and emotionally alert, this will be a welcome revelation." – Time Out

WINNER - Best Actor, Guldbagge Awards 1964

NOMINEE - Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards 1965

NOMINEE - Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival 1964

Rating: CTC

Runtime: 101 mins

Session Times

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Sat, Aug 15:

13:10

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