Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 08/24/2001(USA
Release Date: 02/10/2004
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 107 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: MGM
The second feature from
Lukas Moodysson, who directed the internationally acclaimed
Fucking Åmål,
Tillsammans is the tale of life on a Stockholm commune in the mid-'70s. After suffering more than her share of abuse from her husband,
Rolf (
Michael Nyqvist),
Elisabeth (
Lisa Lindgren) takes her two children,
Stefan (
Sam Kessel) and
Eva (
Emma Samuelsson), to a commune run by her brother
Göran (
Gustav Hammarsten). Life at the commune is crowded with people with laid-back attitudes towards sex, nudity, and recreational drug use, prompting plenty of political debate.
Göran's partner,
Lena (
Anja Lundkvist), is a particular proponent of free-spirited bed-hopping, something
Göran doesn't really like but tolerates.
Lena duly gets involved with the rebellious
Erik (
Olle Sarri) and finds fulfillment in the form of her first orgasm, something that leads her to confess to
Göran that she was always faking it with him. Meanwhile, various
dramas are at work amongst the other commune members, including the once-married
Lasse (
Ola Norell) and
Anna (
Jessica Liedberg) (who split up when
Anna announced she was a lesbian) and
Klas (
Shanti Roney), whose advances to
Lasse are continually rebuffed. The goings-on of the commune are observed and commented on by a pair of neighbors,
Margit (
Therese Brunnander) and
Ragner (
Claes Hartelius), whose marriage is so lackluster that
Ragner masturbates compulsively. Their son, the fat and miserable
Fredrik (
Henrik Lundström), befriends
Elisabeth's daughter,
Eva, who longs to have a family again. When
Rolf appears on the scene seeking reconciliation, it seems
Eva may get her wish.
~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
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