''A Swedish Love Story'' (, lit. 'A Love Story') is a 1970 Swedish romantic

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directed by

Roy Andersson Roy Arne Lennart Andersson (born 31 March 1943) is a Swedes, Swedish film director, best known for his distinctive style of absurdism, absurdist humor and Melancholia, melancholic depictions of human life. His personal style is characterized by ...

, starring Ann-Sofie Kylin and Rolf Sohlman as two teenagers falling in love. Inspired by the

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, the film was Andersson's feature film debut and was successful in Sweden and abroad. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

43rd Academy Awards The 43rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was held on April 15, 1971, and took place at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to honor the best films of 1970. The Awards, without a host for the third ...

, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Plot

Cast

Production and reception

Roy Andersson had just graduated from film school, having made two promising short films and a 48 minutes examination film, when he was given the opportunity to make ''A Swedish Love Story''. The film was shot between 16 June and 26 August 1969. The ''Time Out Film Guide 2009'' says the film is "strangely touching and wonderfully strange."

Awards

It was entered into the

20th Berlin International Film Festival The 20th annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, was opened on 26 June 1970 with French-Belgian film '' Klann – grand guignol'' by Patrick Ledoux and scheduled to end on 7 July. However, on 5 July the competit ...

. The film was also selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences At the 7th Guldbagge Awards the film won the award for

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