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Love 65

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Love 65
Directed byBo Widerberg
Written byBo Widerberg
StarringKeve Hjelm
Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz
Evabritt Strandberg
Inger Taube
Ben Carruthers
Björn Gustafson
Kent Andersson
CinematographyHans Emanuelsson
Jan Lindeström
Bruno Rådström
Edited byBo Widerberg
Distributed byEuropa Film
Release date
  • 17 March 1965 (1965-03-17)
Running time
96 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Love 65 (Swedish: Kärlek 65) is a 1965 Swedish drama film directed by Bo Widerberg. It was entered into the 15th Berlin International Film Festival[1] where it received an honorable mention for the FIPRESCI Prize.[2] Bill Evans' "Peace Piece" featured in the soundtrack. The characters in the film go by the real first names of the actors.[3][4]

Plot

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Keve is a successful film director who lives with his beautiful wife, Ann-Marie, and their daughter, Nina, in the Kåseberga area in Skåne. Despite this, Keve finds himself unsatisfied. As he prepares to shoot a new film, he channels his frustrations into an affair with a married woman.

Cast

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Release

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The film was released in Sweden on 17 March 1965. In June of the same year it was presented in competition at the Berlin Film Festival.[1]

In 2002 it was screened again at Berlinale as part of the retrospective section "European 60s - Revolt, Fantasy & Utopia", which is dedicated to European cinema and the cultural and political upheavals of the 1960s.[5][6]

Critical reception

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The film received a mixed response, with critics lauding the beauty of its shots but criticizing the directionless narrative.[4] In 1972, The Guardian's Derek Malcolm wrote: "Love 65 now seems to stand uncomfortably between the raw realism of 'Raven's End' and the evocative lyricism of 'Elvira Madigan'".[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Love 65". Film Affinity. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Kärlek 65". fipresci.org. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  3. ^ Larsson, Mariah (2020). A Cinema of Obsession: The Life and Work of Mai Zetterling. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0299322304. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Love 65". HedMarkReviews.com (in Swedish). 27 November 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Kärlek 65". Berlinale. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Retrospective 2002: European 60s "Revolt, Fantasy & Utopia"" (PDF). Berlinale. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  7. ^ Malcolm, Derek (3 February 1972). "Throne of blood". The Guardian. p. 10. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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