The Serpent's Way
1986 film
- 25 December 1986 (1986-12-25)
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The Serpent's Way (Swedish: Ormens väg på hälleberget) is a 1986 Swedish drama film directed by Bo Widerberg. It is based on the novel The Way of a Serpent by Torgny Lindgren. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival[1] and in competition at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] At the 22nd Guldbagge Awards Stina Ekblad won the award for Best Actress.[3]
Plot
A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife all being exploited, and the family grow bigger with the abuser's kids.
Cast
- Stina Ekblad as Tea Alexisdotter
- Stellan Skarsgård as Karl Orsa Markström
- Reine Brynolfsson as Jani
- Pernilla August as Eva (as Pernilla Östergren)
- Tomas von Brömssen as Jacob
- Pernilla Wahlgren as Johanna
- Ernst Günther as Ol Karlsa
- Birgitta Ulfsson as Grandma
- Johan Widerberg as Jani as a child
- Melinda Kinnaman as Eva as child
References
External links
- The Serpent's Way at IMDb
- The Serpent's Way at the Swedish Film Institute Database
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Films directed by Bo Widerberg
- Raven's End
- Love 65
- Heja Roland!
- Elvira Madigan
- The White Game
- Ådalen 31
- Joe Hill
- Stubby
- The Man on the Roof
- Victoria
- The Man from Majorca
- The Serpent's Way
- All Things Fair
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