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Giliap

1975 · 130 min Crime Drama
5.3 / 10 · TMDB

In a minor town the morose manager is primarily responsible for the bad atmosphere of a restaurant. But central for the plot are three persons: a male waiter who is never named (here called W), the female waiter Anna, and "the count", a self-invented nickname by a man cleaning plates. The count is skilled in making others do what he wants. Half a dozen of the personnel assist in a poorly planned and failed attempt to liberate a man whom the police move from one arrest to another. The event involves stealing a motorcycle and threatening policemen with a gun. Anna strongly tries to make contact with W. Finally it turns out that she need his help to break her sexual relation to the count, a relation that from her part is not motivated by positive feelings. W rejects her attempts. And then Anna has suddenly gone. She has got a pleasant job in another town. And then W's feelings awaken.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1975
Country Sweden
Genre Crime, Drama
Director Roy Andersson
Runtime 130 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.3/10 (20 votes)

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The film constructs a suffocating portrait of provincial life through the microcosm of a restaurant, where characters are bound by invisible threads of dependency and manipulation. It explores the futility of rebellion and an existential fatigue, where even an attempt at liberation is doomed to fail.

What lingers after viewing is a slow, almost documentary immersion into the routine of despair, where emotional coldness becomes the main antagonist. A heavy but honest look at human bondage. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Roy Andersson

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