At the height of the Cold War, a Swedish farmhand transforms his house into a community shelter, his fixation set against the rhythms of everyday rural life.
- Directed by
- John Skoog
- Starring
- Denis Lavant
- Country & Year
- Sweden · 2026
- Language & Runtime
- Swedish · 85 min
- Status
- Available
Festivals & Awards
- San Sebastián
- BFI London 2025
Stills
Press
“Built with sturdy ambition and a heart of gold.”
“A tour-de-force performance by Denis Lavant”
“Nothing short of a triumph”
“Denis Lavant delivers an astonishing physical performance.”
“Full of extraordinary visual tableaux.”
“A love letter to eccentricity”
The Director
John Skoog
John Skoog graduated from the Art Academy in Frankfurt. His films have been shown at numerous film festivals and art museums in Sweden and internationally, such as the Berlin International Film Festival, Moderna Museet and Index Contemporary Art Foundation in Stockholm, Museum of the Moving Image & PS1 MOMA in New York, IDFA, London Film Festival, True/False, Modern Museum in Wien and the Modern Museum in Frankfurt am Main. His short films have won both Startsladden and 1km film awards, the two main prizes for short films in Sweden, as well as several prizes in the art world and at international film festivals. His first feature film Säsong (Ridge) won CPH:DOX in 2019. John has been a professor of film at the Art Academy in Mainz since 2016.