You're Lying ( Ni ljuger ) ( You are Lying )

You're Lying (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Ni ljuger
Alternate Title: You are Lying
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1969 and produced in:
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Vilgot Sjöman

Written By:
Lars Karlsson
Vilgot Sjöman

Actors:
Börje Ahlstedt ..... Bjoern Vilson
Stig Engström ..... Lasse Karlsson
Sif Ruud ..... Anna, Bjrn's mother
Anita Ekström ..... Margot, Lasse's girlfriend
Torsten Eriksson ..... Himself
Göran Graffman ..... TV-reporter
Bo Holmström ..... Himself
Enar Lundborg ..... Himself
Karl-Erik Toernqvist

Synopsis:

This indictment of the comparatively liberal Swedish penal system argues that a prison system is still a prison system. Caught between pleading a cause and producing a drama, the film never entirely reconciles the two elements. Filmed as social realism in an almost cinéma-vérité style, it tells of a talented but highly-strung young artist whose instability is partly of his own making - through his compulsive exploitation of others, and of himself through drink - partly because of an overworked and uncaring prison system. The film is at its best in dealing with prison days, particularly when contrasting behaviour in isolation and in groups. Towards the end of two hours, things look increasingly unsteady as Sjöman concentrates on the destruction of the artist's individual creative impulse, but Stig Engström's strong, starry performance always remains a focal point.

Director Vilgot Sjoman draws on his experience as a former prison guard to illustrate the problems of the penal system. Filming was done a Langholm prison, where inmates and officials are interviewed. Using a combination of documentary and fictional styles, the film illustrates the sordid life and living conditions of a prisoner. There are some modern facilities and techniques used for rehabilitation, but the majority of facilities are woefully understaffed and underfunded.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 06 October, 2011.

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