TO LOVE SOMEONE. (2007)
DIRECTED BY AKE SANDGREN.
STARRING SOFIA LEDARP, JONAS KARLSSON AND ROLF LASSGARD.
REVIEW BY SANDRA HARRIS. ©
I loved this ninety-minute Swedish language film about an abused woman called Lena. She’s in her late thirties and, when her violent ex, Hannes, is sent to prison for basically battering her half to death and putting her in hospital, she builds a new life and a new relationship with a kind and decent older man called Alf.
Now, however, Hannes has been set free, after complying with the prison’s therapy programme for domestic abusers. Lena is, unsurprisingly, on edge about his upcoming release, but Alf, a fish shop owner in his early fifties who has given her a secure home with him, assures her that she will be safe and he will protect her. Lena has clearly landed on her feet with Alf, a devoted boyfriend and unstinting…
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sex and boobs and custard creams 