''Speak Up! It's So Dark'' ( sv, Tala! Det är så mörkt) is a 1993 Swedish

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film directed by

Suzanne Osten Carlota Suzanne Osten (born 20 June 1944) is a Swedish film director stage director and screenwriter. She won the award for Best Director at the 22nd Guldbagge Awards for the film ''The Mozart Brothers''. Biography Suzanne Osten was born in ...

. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards,

Simon Norrthon Erik Simon Norrthon (born 4 August 1967) is a Swedish actor born in Fosie, Malmö. He studied at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting from 1989 to 1992. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards, he was nominated for the Best Actor award for his r ...

was nominated for the Best Actor award and Niklas Rådström was nominated for Best Screenplay.

Plot

An elderly

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man ( Etienne Glaser) befriends a young

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) on a train and invites him to his home. Through a series of discussions the two gradually come to understand each other better.

Cast

* Etienne Glaser as Jacob *

as Sören the skinhead * Anna-Yrsa Falenius as Raped Woman * Anders Garpe as Sören's Father * Gertrud Gidlund as Sören's Mother *

Pia Johansson Pia Ann-Kristin Johansson (born 16 November 1960 in Umeå) is a Swedish actor, lecturer and examinator. Johansson studied at the Skara scene school, which was followed by a degree from Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in 1989. Afte ...

as Nurse

Distribution

''Speak Up! It's So Dark'' was shown at the 1993

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. It was distributed on video in the United States by

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Awards

* 1993:

Créteil International Women's Film Festival The Créteil International Women's Film Festival (in French Festival international de films de femmes de Créteil) is an annual event in Créteil, France, founded by Jackie Buet in 1978 to showcase the directing talents of female filmmakers who, ...

- Grand Prix (Suzanne Osten)

References

External links

* * 1993 films 1993 drama films Swedish drama films 1990s Swedish-language films Films directed by Suzanne Osten First Run Features films 1990s Swedish films {{1990s-Sweden-film-stub