Loving Couples

Mai Zetterling’s feminist directorial debut is an adaptation of Agnes von Krusenstjerna’s sexually frank novels. The lives of three women are revealed in flashback as they prepare to give birth. Mai Zetterling’s fearlessly feminist directorial debut caused waves when it premiered at Cannes - with the mayor going so far as to ban the film’s poster because it featured naked silhouettes. Adapted from the sexually frank and controversial novels by Agnes von Krusenstjerna it reveals the lives and loves of three women (Gio Petré, Harriet Andersson and Gunnel Lindblom) as they prepare to give birth, highlighting the ingrained misogyny they have faced since childhood. Recalling the reaction, Zetterling said: “The fact that I was behind the camera… seemed to bother the male viewers”. A bold debut that remains thought provoking today. Screening as part of our Mai Zetterling Retrospective Swedish with English Subtitles Thanks to BFISweden 1964PT1H58MN/C 15+2025-03-04

Harriet Andersson

Gunnel Lindblom

Gio Petré

Mai Zetterling

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Showtimes

March 4, 1:00 pm