Speak Up! It's So Dark is a 1993

1993 in film

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 Swedish

Sweden

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 drama film

Drama film

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 directed by Suzanne Osten.

Plot

An elderly Jewish man (Etienne Glaser) befriends a young neo-nazi (Simon Norrthon) on a train and invites him to his home. Through a series of discussions the two gradually come to understand each other better.

Selected cast

• Etienne Glaser as Jacob
• Simon Norrthon as Sören the skinhead
• Anna-Yrsa Falenius as Raped Woman
• Anders Garpe as Sören's Father
• Gertrud Gidlund as Sören's Mother
• Pia Johansson
  Pia Johansson
  Pia Johansson born Pia Ann-Kristin Johansson on November 16, 1960 in Umeå, is a Swedish actor, lecturer and examinator.Johansson studied at the Skara scene school, which was followed by a degree from Stockholm Theatre school in 1989. After studying she was employed at Stockholm City Theatre's...
  
   as Nurse

Distribution

Speak Up! It's So Dark was shown at the 1993 Toronto Film Festival. It was distributed on video in the United States

United States

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 by First Run Features

First Run Features

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