Shame

Shame
  • Release date: 23 Dec 1968
  • Release year: 1968
  • Runtime: 103 minutes
  • Country: Sweden
  • Keywords: musician, refugee, sweden, disillusionment, existential loneliness, von sydow and ullmann, female topless nudity, escape, one word title, money
Plot:
During civil war, two musicians retreat to a rural island to farm. They are apolitical; a neighbor sometimes gives them a fish; wine is a luxury. They love each other, but there are problems: the war upsets Jan, he is weepy, too sensitive; Eva wants children, he does not. The war suddenly arrives: rebels attack, neighbors die. When the other side restores order, Jan and Eva are arrested as collaborators. After frightening and roughing them up, the local colonel releases them; then he begins appearing at their farmhouse: to talk or to pursue Eva? He gives her money. The rebels return; chaos ensues. Jan becomes violent and murderous; they flee. Can they escape? If so, to what?
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