''The Women on the Roof'' ( sv, Kvinnorna på taket) is a 1989

Swedish film Swedish cinema is known for including many acclaimed films; during the 20th century the industry was the most prominent of Scandinavia. This is largely due to the popularity and prominence of directors Victor Sjöström and especially Ingmar Ber ...

written and directed by Carl-Gustav Nykvist. It stars Amanda Ooms and

Helena Bergström Helena Kristina Bergström Nutley (born 5 February 1964) is a Swedish actress and film director. From an acting family, she began her career in 1982. She has appeared on the stages of the Royal Dramatic Theatre (''Dramaten'') and the Stockholm ...

. It was entered into the

1989 Cannes Film Festival The 42nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1989. The Palme d'Or went to ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' by Steven Soderbergh. The festival opened with ''New York Stories'', anthology film directed by Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, ...

. At the

25th Guldbagge Awards The 25th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1989, and took place on 5 February 1990. ''The Miracle in Valby'' directed by Åke Sandgren was presented with the award for Best Film. ...

, Stellan Skarsgård won the award for

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. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the

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at the

62nd Academy Awards The 62nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1989 and took place on March 26, 1990, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p. ...

, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Plot

An innocent and beautiful girl, ''Linnea'' (Amanda Ooms) rents an apartment in

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just before

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. As she works for an old man who owns a

photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...

studio she meets Anna, a

photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographe ...

(Helena Bergstrom) with whom she develops a complex friendship. Anna's circus-performer boyfriend and European politics complicate Linnea's routine.

Cast

* Amanda Ooms - ''Linnea'' *

- ''Anna'' * Stellan Skarsgård - ''Willy'' *

Percy Brandt Percy Brandt (7 November 1922 – 4 December 2005) was a Swedish film and television actor. Brandt was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. His father, Erik Brandt, was a Swede of German and Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, ...

- ''Fischer'' * Lars Ori Bäckström - ''Holger'' * Katarina Olsson - ''Gerda'' *

Leif Andrée Leif Allan Andrée (born Leif Allan Johansson 29 January 1958 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actor. Andrée has been engaged at Teater Galeasen, Riksteatern, Chinateatern, Stockholm City Theatre and Unga Riks. Films *''Kvinnorna på taket'' (1 ...

- ''Oskar'' *

Stig Ossian Ericson Stig Ossian Ericson (7 September 1923 - 30 July 2012) was a Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter. Ericson was born in 1923 in Härnösand, but grew up in Nyköping. Graduating at the University of Uppsala where he had been involved in variou ...

- ''Vicar'' *

Johan Bergenstråhle Johan Bergenstråhle (13 May 1756 – 7 March 1840 in Stockholm) was a Swedish military officer who participated in Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790), and the Finnish War. In June 1808, he was sent as a colonel of the Swedish Army, with 1,000 men a ...

- ''Photographer Halling''

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