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SWEDEN · 1976

We Have Many Names

Mai Zetterling
identity dissolution domestic sacrifice family dysfunction psychological breakdown gender roles
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Synopsis

A sacrificial passive woman spends her life breeding happiness into her family. What happens when her world of security cracks, shatters completely and her identity dissolves?

Year1976
CountrySweden
DirectorMai Zetterling
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