HEJA ROLAND! is Widerberg’s only film largely designed as a comedy or a humorous (and shockingly topical) satire at the very least. Based on his own novel, it tells the story of a young advertising copywriter named Roland, who simply lives from one day to the next. One day, he is commissioned to carry out a market survey and discovers in so doing how powerful concerns seek to b...
A tribute and portrait of the Swedish filmmaker Bo Widerberg. Thommy Berggren presents slices and comments on Widerberg.
From 1957 to 1961 170.000 Algerians flee to Tunisia because of the war. Most of them walk by feet across the mountains and the desert, carrying only a few of their belongings in their hands or on donkeys. As there is no clay in the desert they cannot build ordinary houses. They have to live in pits in the ground, covered with canvas, but some are offered to stay in American arm...
