Together (2000)
Directed by Lukas Moodysson
Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from different perspectives.
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Swedish director Lukas Moodysson�s first two films were, at their best, much more than interesting: the first was the teen lesbian love story Fucking Åmål (released in the US under the wimpier title Show Me Love), and the second was Together, a study of life at a �70s commune.
Moodysson, whose "Together" and "Show Me Love" established him as an international filmmaker to be reckoned with, doesn't quite top himself here.
Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodyson's first two films, "Show Me Love" and "Together," were wonderfully subtle portraits of people's complicated lives and loves.
In Fucking Amal and Together, the films that established his international reputation, the adults didn't intend harm to their kids; they were just too self-obsessed to see what was happening.
Show Me Love , a poignant drama about a teen girl's coming of age, and Together , about life in a '70s commune, introduced Moodysson to the international film-going community, and showed him to be a craftsman of some talent - an accomplished cinematic storyteller whose skill behind a camera belies his relative inexperience.
And as such, it's a drastic departure for writer-director Lukas Moodysson, whose previous films include the enjoyably sweet "Show Me Love" (1998) and "Together" (2000).