Tillsammans (2000)

Director:

Lukas Moodysson

Writer:

Lukas Moodysson (writer)

Release Date:

25 August 2000 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

one house; one revolutionary; two open straight marriages; three gay people (maybe four); three children; two carnivores and eight vegetarians; there's only one way they're going to make it... together

Plot:

Elisabeth tires of her husband Rolf, so she packs her bags, takes the kids and goes to her brother Göran...

Plot Keywords:

Commune | Children | Gay | Communist | Hippie

Awards:

14 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Lisa Lindgren	...	Elisabeth
Michael Nyqvist	...	Rolf
Emma Samuelsson	...	Eva
Sam Kessel	...	Stefan
Gustaf Hammarsten	...	Göran
Anja Lundkvist	...	Lena (as Anja Lundqvist)
Jessica Liedberg	...	Anna
Ola Rapace	...	Lasse (as Ola Norell)
Axel Zuber	...	Tet
Shanti Roney	...	Klas
Olle Sarri	...	Erik
Cecilia Frode	...	Signe
Lars Frode	...	Sigvard
Emil Moodysson	...	Måne
Henrik Lundström	...	Fredrik
Thérèse Brunnander	...	Margit (as Therese Brunnander)
Claes Hartelius	...	Ragnar
Sten Ljunggren	...	Birger
Mats Blomgren
Thomas Björnelin
Chun Yin Cheung	...	Waiter
David Cheung	...	Waiter
Khim Efraimsson	...	Waiter
David Fornander
Johan Hammarén
Jasmine Heikura	...	Girl at Eva's school
Anders Sticklestad Svensson
Karin Stigsdotter
Katarina Törnblad	...	Girl at Eva's School
Daniel Widlund

Directed by
Lukas Moodysson

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lukas Moodysson		writer

Produced by
Anna Anthony	....	associate producer
Malte Forsell	....	line producer
Peter Aalbæk Jensen	....	co-producer
Lars Jönsson	....	producer
Kermit Smith	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
Ulf Brantås

Film Editing by
Fredrik Abrahamsen
Michal Leszczylowski

Casting by
Imor Hermann

Art Direction by
Carl Johan De Geer

Set Decoration by
Li Garpenfeldt

Costume Design by
Mette Möller

Makeup Department
Linda Boije af Gennäs	....	makeup artist
Jessica Cederholm	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Malini Ahlberg	....	production manager (as Anna Malini Ahlberg)
Peter Bengtsson	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Malin Fornander	....	assistant director

Art Department
Josefin Åsberg	....	assistant art director
Mikael Back	....	carpenter
Li Garpenfeldt	....	set dresser
Rickard Grönvall	....	painter
Louise Gylling	....	props
Sofie Kinngard	....	painter
Marie Nyberg	....	property master
Hanna Ostrowski	....	assistant property master
Kristoffer Sjöström	....	painter
Tomas Torstensson	....	carpenter
Frank Zandhoff	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Niklas Antonell	....	sound editor (as Niklas Gustafsson)
Niklas Antonell	....	sound (as Niklas Gustafsson)
Anders Billing	....	sound
Berndt Frithiof	....	sound mixer
Morten Holm	....	sound mixer
Anders Hörling	....	sound editor
Thomas Huhn	....	sound editor
Thomas Huhn	....	sound
Niclas Merits	....	sound
Per Nyström	....	sound editor
Per Sundström	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Gunnar Ahlgren	....	optical printer
Janne Lundkvist	....	scanner operator

Camera and Electrical Department
Björn Becker	....	electrician
Trolle Davidson	....	assistant camera
Marcus Hansson	....	best boy
Per-Anders Jörgensen	....	still photographer
Oskar Larsson	....	best boy
Sten Lindberg	....	lighting technician
Michael Orrek	....	second assistant camera
Peter Widing	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ingemar Holst	....	extras costumes
Ulrika Sjöö	....	first assistant costume designer
Aida Stålnacke	....	second assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Kristin Grundström	....	assistant editor
Katarina Wiklund	....	assistant editor
Jörgen Wiman	....	negative cutter

Other crew
Daniel Ahlqvist	....	location manager
Jonas Andersson	....	film assistant
Lise-Lotte Book	....	film assistant
Benny Carlsson	....	film assistant
Anders Claesson	....	film assistant
Jon Ekstrand	....	film assistant
Ernesto Estroz	....	film assistant
Malin Fornander	....	script supervisor
Claudio Fransson	....	film assistant
Hanna Hansson	....	film assistant
Sebastian Hedin	....	location assistant
Kerstin Hofstadius	....	travel arrangements
Pia Janols	....	economy
Lars Karlsson	....	film assistant
Kenneth Kidbo	....	film assistant
Örjan Kihlberg	....	film assistant
Anna Knochenhauer	....	assistant to producer
Ronaldo Kuhse	....	film assistant
Jesper Kurlandsky	....	assistant to producer
Robert Kustosik	....	film assistant
Jenny Liedberg	....	assistant to cast
Johan Lindblad	....	film assistant
Coco Moodysson	....	consultant
Jenny Nilsson	....	film assistant
Jeff Norman	....	film assistant
Jonas Ohlsson	....	production assistant
Fanny Oldenburg	....	film assistant
Peter Orentzon	....	film assistant
Olle Persson	....	film assistant
Peter Possne	....	distribution executive: Sonet Film
Sofie Roos	....	film assistant
Emma Kristina Sahlén	....	production assistant
Anne-Helene Sommarström	....	public relations
Anders Sticklestad Svensson	....	child supervisor
Sarah Strand	....	production assistant
Martin Strömberg	....	film assistant
Poa Strömberg	....	legal advisor
Linda Trulsén	....	extras manager
Camilla Vikingsson	....	production assistant
Margareta Wiechel	....	laboratory manager

Production Companies

• Memfis Film
• Zentropa Entertainments (co-production)
• Film i Väst (co-production)
• SVT Drama, Göteborg (co-production)
• Keyfilms Roma (co-production)
• Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond (co-production) (as Nor-dic Film- och TV-fund)
• Swedish Film Institute (with the support of)
• Danish Filminstitute (with the support of)
• TV1000 AB (in association with)

Distributors

• Sonet Film (2000) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome International (2000) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Norge (2000) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2002) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2001) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Cosmopol FD (2001) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Golem Distribución (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Haut et Court (2001) (France) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2001) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• IFC Releasing (2001) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Keyfilms Roma (2001) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Look Now! (2001) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Upstream Pictures (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Bitters End (2003) (Japan) (TV)
• Canvas (2008) (Belgium) (TV)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Gateno Films (2003) (Peru) (all media)
• Imagem Filmes (2000) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (2000) (Brazil) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2002) (Switzerland) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Together (International: English title) (Italy)
Tillsammans (Denmark)

MPAA:

Rated R for nudity/sexuality and language.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

Sweden | Denmark | Italy

Language:

Swedish

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:12 | Argentina:16 | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:III | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Trollhättan, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Company:

Memfis Film

Trivia:

The character of Birger, played by Sten Ljunggren, previously appeared in Lukas Moodysson's short film Bara prata lite (1997) which focused on him.

Quotes:

Erik: Listen: "What does surplus value mean? What is the difference between the term surplus value and the term profit?"
Lena: But please? We can discuss it later and cuddle now!

Movie Connections:

References Fontane - Effi Briest (1974)

Soundtrack:

Fandango

The aesthetics of porridge

Göran is making porridge. For some reason this prompts him to deliver an improvised musing on the theme of Life Is Like a Bowl of Porridge, which goes roughly as follows: "We start as individual oat flakes, each with an individual shape; then we're heated and mixed and we start to blend together with all the other oat flakes; we're no longer oat flakes, but we're part of something larger - something warm, nutritious, and, yes, beautiful." Göran says this as though he's trying to convince himself. And no wonder. The porridge the camera reveals to us looks like repellent glomp.

And up until that point - well, up until a little before that point; the film's arc is like a long walk up a very gentle hill and it's hard to pick the precise moment at which we make it to the top - the collective seemed just as much a dollop of repellent glomp as the porridge. There were too many people too close together, the windows were never open, and for long stretches we never stepped outside, never even caught a glimpse of the outside. Every single room looked and felt as though it were buried in the very centre of the house. It was like living in a fetid warren, and it made me long for something cold and impersonal.

But even as we're gasping to escape we're being won over. In the end the film really IS warm, and it's the pleasing warmth of a fireplace rather than clammy warmth of porridge. The joyousness Moodysson concludes with grew so naturally out of what preceded it that the glow it casts is retrospective. I can't recall a single moment which I don't NOW (having seen the whole thing) recall with fondness.

The LOOK of the film is, in a quiet way, astonishing, except that it's so convincing you forget to be astonished. You'd swear it was shot in the 1970s. (When I saw the trailer I thought was watching an ad for the reissue of a movie that HAD been shot in the 1970s.) This is as great a triumph of art direction as any you're likely to see.