Sebbe

Generally,the movie about teenagers deals with the boy/girl who's got everything to be happy but feels melancholic and finds it hard to come to terms with his/her childhood's end ;harmless teenage angst .

Sebbe is diametrically opposite to them :he's got nothing ,and I mean nothing to be happy : his immature mother did not want him and is emotionally instable , sometimes so resentful she can kick him out of their apartment ; not being able to afford birthday presents ,she urges her son to give back a neighbor's gift ("I could not buy anything to her son") , and sometimes feeling so guilt she steals one jacked which belongs to one of his schoolmates.

School is another hell for Sebbe ;he is not fond of sports ,and that 's the coup de grace ; a preposterous cliché depicted in Anderson's play (transferred to the screen by Minnelli)"tea and sympathy "(1956)would claim that a boy who is not good at sports is a sissy ,a suspect ,a gay ,an intolerance which takes stupidity to new limits ; but in the locker-room ,you become the "true manly "boys' punching-bag .Besides ,Sebbe's father is dead (or he walked out on his mother),and he has absolutely no male figure at home .The only teacher who shows some compassion is a woman and she can't really relate to the boy's predicament .

There's a tendency to dwell on the sordid side of life, but teenagers can be cruel to their fellows ; Sebastian's face reflects an intense longing for love :the actor remains restrained ,sheds no tears , but one feels his despair,his awful solitude :what does the future has in store for such a born-loser?

When this story doesn't get people depressed I don't know any other one that could beat this one.

It appeals to a state of loneliness and not belonging that makes the end kinda hopefull. Why?! Taking charge for your own life and going your own way is in the end what it's all about in life. Doubtful?!

I see about 25-35 movies every month but not so many Swedish movie. This movie is one of the reasons. On my blog I rate movies from 1 to 5 and this is the first movie of several hundreds that really earns a 1 as a rating. This was the absolute worst movie I have ever seen in my life. When you just sitting over 1 hour and waiting for the movie to explode and for things to really start and then... nothing... nothing at all.. I would recommend every person that even thinking about seeing this movie to sit in the front of a new-painted wall until the paint has dried.. Believe me... That should be more giving than this crap of "movie". I really get frustrated when there are these people who try they can write a "good" movie and then add the worst "actors" there is. I can honestly say that I would have done a much better film myself..

Just forget this crap and continue enjoy your life, cause after seeing this movie.... you wont...

A very well crafted movie about a significant period in a young person's life.

Swedish drama doesn't seem to include stereotypes. Rather it portrays people, social environments, and relationships or interactions with luminous wisdom.

I found every scene, every frame, every nuance of acting and visual imagery engaging.

I did not expect much when starting to watch, but I almost immediately got caught by this extremely moving, sad sad story. I do not understand that this film has not been watched in Sweden, although an explanation might be that it describes ordinary lives of in a very realistic, uncompromising way which is not always easy to watch. It is so inspiring to discover a little diamond between all the garbage we are being served! It's a 'must watch'