''Speak Up! It's So Dark'' () is a 1993 Swedish

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film directed by

Suzanne Osten Carlota Suzanne Osten (20 June 1944 – 28 October 2024) was a Swedish film director, stage director, and screenwriter. She won the award for Guldbagge Award for Best Director, Best Director at the 22nd Guldbagge Awards for the film ''The Mozart ...

. At the

29th Guldbagge Awards The 29th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1993, and took place on 31 October 1994. ''The Slingshot'' directed by Åke Sandgren was presented with the award for Best Film. Wi ...

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 rol ...

was nominated for the Best Actor award and

Niklas Rådström Niklas Rådström (born 12 April 1953) is one of Sweden's most noted and prolific contemporary poets, novelists and playwrights. He is the son of the author Pär Rådström and theater director Anne Marie Rådström. Poetry Rådström made his d ...

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 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 International Women's Film Festival, formerly known as Créteil International Women's Film Festival (in French Festival International de Films de Femmes (FIFF); formerly Festival international de films de femmes de Créteil), also known si ...

- 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