Together (2000)
7/10
Franco is death - what a great and unmissable Swedish film
1 February 2001
Lukas Moodyson is a great revelation for me. After having seen Fuching Amal, brilliant and fresh, it arrived Tillsammans - Together.

Life is not easy anywhere, also in Sweden, where everything apparently appears to be easier and clean, but is not like this. A lady argued with his husband and decided to join together with her 2 kids a hippie commune where her brother is already living. Franco's death news is the welcome of the film which goes in a "crescendo" of funny and brilliant situations. The neighbours are fascists and concerned but interested to know what a hell is happening there. The whole attitude is very communist oriented, considering that everyone of course believes that capitalism is a dangerous weapon. Kids are educated to see homosexuality and the couple exchange as something normal. It is great to see how the new incomers kids see the adults: "...seems that all the adults in the commune like to play to be "perverse person" against the exterior "unreal" world. When one of the "new" kids brings a toy gun, the entertainment is to play who is going to be Pinochet.

The drama of the couple separation is well and deeply analysed in this fresh and brilliant film, well far from the commercial standard distribution channels.

Rating: 7/10
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