Scene from the film Claes

Claes

Direction
Year 
2011
Country
  • Sweden
Runtime
23min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

The protagonist of the documentary by young Swedish director Martina Carlstedt is pensioner Claes Swandberg, whose greatest wish is to finally make it to the nearby cinema. What if it rains? What if his sweater doesn’t match the shirt he is wearing? Probably better to stay in the safety of his own home and switch on the telly. In the total isolation of his solitary life, and out of an entirely unfounded fear of stepping outside his flat, Claes has turned his tidy home into a prison. With extreme sensitivity, this minimalistic film portrait captures Claes’s life and demonstrates just what loneliness can do to a person.

Details

  • Original Title
    Claes
  • Direction
  • Cinematography
    Martina Carlstedt
  • Editing
    Britta Norell
  • Runtime
    23 min (16-30 min.)
  • Year
    2011
  • Country
    • Sweden
  • Format
    • Colour
  • Distribution
      • Geir Hansteen Jörgensen
      • Beckholmen
      • 115 21 Stockholm
      • Sweden

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