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Jan Lindkvist
Born April 21, 1941 · Säffle, Sweden (age 85)
Jan Lindqvist, born 1941, in Säffle, is a Swedish filmmaker, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter, best known for his collaboration with director/writer Stefan Jarl in “Dom kallar oss mods/They Call Us Misfits” (1968). Jan Lindqvist made his first official documentary in 1962, “Medevi brunn”, was accepted at the Filmskolan in Stockholm where he met with Stefan Jarl. The two explored the off…
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Off Track · 2022Off Track
★ 6.12022
MovieComedyDrama
A mid-age hipster in Stockholm is a training freak and trains for the 90 km ski race Vasaloppet. His sister is the opposite, no job, drinks but has a daughter. Suddenly secrets reveals and promises are made.
They Call Us Misfits · 1968They Call Us Misfits
★ 6.71968
MovieDocumentary
A documentary film depicting a group of young boys from Stockholm which live on the outskirts of society. The film is the first part of a trilogy.
Transform Sweden · 1974Transform Sweden
★ 5.01974
MovieDocumentary
This is what the filmmakers say about the film: We wanted to make a feature film about the class society Sweden. But we were not allowed by the Swedish Film Institute. At least we filmed some and cut it together into a short film. The class society is included. And a lot about the meaning of the work or lack of meaning. Because that’s what it’s about: the power over our work. That can be discussed based on this film.
A Respectable Life · 1979A Respectable Life
★ 6.91979
MovieDocumentary
A decade has gone by and the spirit of the preceding film, Dom kallar oss mods, has disappeared. Kenta is an alcoholic and lives with his girlfriend Eva. Together they have a son, Patric. Kenta's mom is in jail for manslaughter and Kenta goes to Kronoberg to greet her. Heroin also comes to play and Stoffe is one of those who falls victim to it. He lives with his girlfriend Lena and their young son, Janne. Lena later throws Stoffe out their home when she gets enough of his abuse, and he is forced to live with his mother. Kenta calls Stoffe and decides to meet him, and he tries to persuade him to give up heroin, but the two have a falling out and they separate. This film features other users from the previous film, such as Jajje and Kenta Bergkvist. The film ends with the death of a prominent person in the trilogy.
Time Is a Dream: Part 2 Sweden 1880-1900 · 2014Time Is a Dream: Part 2 Sweden 1880-1900
★ 8.32014
MovieDocumentary
The second part of Lindqvist's "Time Is a Dream." In the mid-19th century, photography came to Sweden.
Agripino · 1977Agripino
1977
MovieDramaDocumentary
Depicts the struggle of the Peruvian indigenous people to get their land right, taken from them by a white landowners.
We Have Our Own Song - The Music Movie · 1976We Have Our Own Song - The Music Movie
★ 9.01976
MovieDocumentary
The film documents the alternative festival, made to protest against the Eurovision Song Contest held in Stockholm 1975. There are many Swedish and international artists on stage, as well as some clips from speeches, riots, civil wars, and the people at the song contest itself.
¡Tupamaros! · 1974¡Tupamaros!
★ 5.51974
MovieDocumentary
A documentary on the Uruguayan leftist urban guerrilla organization named Tupamaros. The documentary was shot during the height of their operations, in their midst. Contains the only known footage of the Prisíon Del Pueblo (the Tupamaros prison facility).
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