To live alone and die alone in Scandinavia – Dagbladet.no

FILM: Scandinavians are often told – usually by other Scandinavians – they live in the world’s richest and best country and over the years has this perception gained status as an adopted truth. That this is based on a narrow definition of quality of life, however, is something we talk less about – let alone the fact that social democracy is internationally notorious for being a striking usosialt society.

Security, individual freedom and government forms.

Category

Documentary

Director

Erik Gandini

Starring

Premiere Date

19. August 2016

Age

Permitted for all

Original Title

“ The Swedish Theory of Love ”

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It is precisely this last one is the topic of Erik Gandini’s documentary “the Swedish Theory of Love,” which is based on the governmental Swedish ideals of individual freedom as they were developed in the 70s, and looks at the long term consequences of a policy that aims to abolish the traditional interpersonal dependency. There is no doubt that this policy has been crucial to a number of advances in terms equality and children’s rights, but the medals Scandinavians are so happy to distribute to themselves also have a backing in the form of a virtually institutionalized loneliness.

One of the results of this abolishment of addiction gravity is that more and more Swedes are choosing to live alone, have children alone and die alone. Gandini introduces us therefore both for the founder of a company that provides seed home on the door to women who want to conceive, and the employees of a government agency that works to track down relatives of people being found dead in his own home. One of their cases revolves around a man who was not found until two years after he had committed suicide, but had arranged to sell their valuables and add money ready Bailiff.

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On a cinematic plan puts “Swedish Theory” somewhere between television reportage and cinema documentary. At its best exhibits Gandini an almost Werner Herzog-like talent for finding situations that underpin points his, but when the film in the second half tracks with a long detour to Ethiopia, it is hard to escape the feeling that watching a 50-minute TV documentary which has been extended to movie length. This part of the movie is also threatening to reduce Gandini legitimate criticism to a banal caricature of cold and pathological ungrateful Northerners.

Even though the film poses many interesting questions about the contemporary Scandinavian society, bottoms it all in a very simple analysis. While I was sitting and thinking back on SVT series “Världens modernize presumptuous countries” that ten years ago approached the same issues with a broader perspective and a more investigative approach.

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