Like It Never Was Before (1995)

Director
Susanne Bier

Main cast
Loa Falkman; Stina Ekblad; Simon Norrthon; Philip Zandén; Sif Ruud

Genres
Drama, Comedy, Foreign

Description
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. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.


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