City girl meets dirt-under-nails farmer at a graveyard. What could go wrong?
Desirée, a modern librarian with urban friends and interests is visiting her late husband's grave when she meets Benny, a simple farmer. After his mother's death Benny lives alone on the run-down farm, desperately seeking a woman to take care of him. In spite of their differences the two have the dream of finding that special someone in common, and fall passionately in love. Benny wants Desirée to move in with him and start a family as soon as possible. But being a farmer's wife is not something she is very enthusiastic about. Just presenting Benny as her boyfriend proves to be an embarrassing experience. And when she gets a tempting job offer in Stockholm she has to consider her priorities carefully.
Acting
Nyqvist's heartbreaking vulnerability as man-child Benny
Writing
Crisp Swedish dialogue that never lets anyone off easy
Director
Kjell Sundvall
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