Container


1h 14m 2006

Brief Synopsis

A poetic, experimental film. A heavy set man and a slim Asian woman stumble across rubbish dumps and through dilapidated buildings. He carries her on his back; she may be the embodiment of his girlish inner self. A jumble of thoughts and personalities are breathlessly voiced offscreen: a mash-up of

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Experimental
Foreign
Release Date
2006
Production Company
Canal Plus; Film i VSst; Memfis Film; StudioCanal; Swedish Film Institute; Trust Film Sales
Distribution Company
Folkets Bio; Metrodome Distribution
Location
Transylvania; Chernobyl, Russia; Trollhattan, Sweden

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 14m

Synopsis

A poetic, experimental film. A heavy set man and a slim Asian woman stumble across rubbish dumps and through dilapidated buildings. He carries her on his back; she may be the embodiment of his girlish inner self. A jumble of thoughts and personalities are breathlessly voiced offscreen: a mash-up of identity, religious belief and spirituality, consumerism and pop culture which sounds like delirium one moment and absolute lucidity the next.

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Experimental
Foreign
Release Date
2006
Production Company
Canal Plus; Film i VSst; Memfis Film; StudioCanal; Swedish Film Institute; Trust Film Sales
Distribution Company
Folkets Bio; Metrodome Distribution
Location
Transylvania; Chernobyl, Russia; Trollhattan, Sweden

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 14m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2006

Released in United States February 2006

Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 9-19, 2006.

Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 18-November 2, 2006

Two versions of film were produced: one in Swedish and one in English.

Released in United States 2006 (Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 18-November 2, 2006)

Released in United States February 2006 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 9-19, 2006.)