Kjell Sundstedt

Sweden 1951. A society has no room for the socially and mentally weak. Gertrud is a 17 year old girl from a very poor family. Against her will, she is committed to a work home for young women. Gertrud learns that the only way out is by agreeing to a voluntary sterilization. (imdb)

The 1930s. Sidner's mother Solveig dies in a bicycle accident. Sidner, his sister and his father Aron move to Sunne to work at a hotel. Aron tries hard to leave the memories of his wife behind him but that isn't made easier by the fact that he always meets her ghost. Aron gets himself a pen friend, a young girl in New Zealand. He starts to dream of beginning a new life on the other side of the world. (imdb)

World War II through the eyes of a Stockholm waitress. (imdb)

Epic tale about two generations of men in a wealthy Finnish family, spanning from the 1960s all the way through the early 1990s. The father has achieved his position as director of the family business through marrying the heiress. Their eldest son Dani, hoped to succeed his father, succumbs to drugs while pursuing a career in rock music. Younger Riku grows up under the shadow of his more talented big brother.