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Together [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Lukas Moodysson.

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distributed by MGM Home Entertainment, 2004.

DVD TOG 2000 Wor

Communal living -- Drama.

Dysfunctional families -- Drama.

Marriage -- Drama.

Bohemianism -- Drama.

Nineteen seventies -- Drama.

World films (MGM Home Entertainment Inc.).

Video Difference legacy collection.

Video Difference legacy collection (Dalhousie)

Alternate title:

Tillsammans [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

1 videodisc (107 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Originally released as a comedy-drama motion picture in 2000.

In Swedish with optional English or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned,

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; IFC Films in association with Memfis Film presents ; produced by Lars Jönsson ; written and directed by Lukas Moodysson.

Lisa Lindgren (Elizabeth), Michael Nyqvist (Rolf), Emma Samuelsson (Eva), Sam Kessel (Stefan), Gustaf Hammarsten (Göran), Anja Lundqvist (Lena), Jessica Liedberg (Anna), Ola Norell (Lasse), Axel Zuber (Tet), Shanti Roney (Klas), Olle Sarri (Erik), Cecilia Frode (Signe), Lars Frode (Sigvard), Emil Moodysson (Måne), Henrik Lundström (Fredrik), Therese Brunnander (Margit), Claes hartelius (Ragnar), Sten Ljunggren (Birger).

Tillsammans, ('Together' in English), is a commune in the heart of Stockholm, still going strong in 1975, long after most members of youth culture have abandoned their notions of free love, harmoniously integrated extended families, and naive political idealism in favor of jobs, discos, and TV sitcoms. The commune's 'leader' is sweet, conflict-avoiding Goran. The arrival of his conventional, middle-class sister Elisabeth, (towing 10-year-old Stefan and shy, awkward 13-year-old Eva) disrupts the fragile ecosystem of the commune. The commune also has to deal with Elizabeth's abusive alcoholic husband Rolf, who is a jerk, but somewhat redeemed by his discovery that being separated from his family is painful. Meanwhile, Stefan and Eva's bourgeois attitudes infect the other children with the longing for the evils of television, meat, and new clothes. 'Together' may have set ideals for themselves too lofty for any human to achieve, yet great value lies in their attempt to enact a principle of ancient vintage: the one that says an unexamined life is not worth living.

Moodysson, Lukas, 1969-

Lindgren, Lisa, 1968-

Nyqvist, Michael, 1960-

Samuelsson, Emma, 1985-

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