Like It Never Was Before

Like It Never Was Before

1995 · 99 min · SV · 5.3 (18 votes)
Dir. Susanne Bier · Starring Loa Falkman, Stina Ekblad, Simon Norrthon, Philip Zandén, Sif Ruud, Ghita Nørby · Music Johan Söderqvist
DramaComedy

The Runeberg family is an ordinary middle class family, with a house in a suburb, a car and three children. By vacationing in a rented house by the sea, the hope is that the tension and anxiety between Rune and Gunnel will disappear. However, instead of spending time with his family, Rune finds himself attracted to a young man, Petrus. Whatever happens next, Rune realizes, it can never be like it was before.

VIBE

This film feels like a quiet, uncomfortable summer vacation where simmering family tensions boil over. It's a deeply introspective character study about unspoken desires and the dawning realization that some things can never be undone.

awkwardmelancholicintrospectiveuncomfortableslow-burnindie dramacharacter studyrealisticidentityfamily dynamicshidden desiresmidlife crisis
vacationfamily vacationwoman director
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