The African Woman

Sep 3, 1990

1h 45m

★ 0.0

Overview

A dying woman, who stole her best friend's lover, is convinced that a spell has been cast on her, so she orchestrates her former friend's return from a self-imposed exile in Africa in the hopes of breaking the spell.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Scena Group

Bioscop-Film

Rachel Productions

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Cast

Martha

Barbara Sukowa

Anna

Stefania Sandrelli

Victor

Sami Frey

Swinarski

Jan Biczycki

Andrej

Alexandre Mnouchkine

Dr. Wargnier

Jacques Sernas

Mona Bergström is a sweet eurovision-obsessed woman in her 30s. She is married to a lazy husband and has four children, all named after her favorite Swedish Eurovision popstars. Her brother is a crossdressing guy self-titled "Candy Darling". Mona works in a retirement home for disabled people, where she is responsible for taking care of a young man named David who suffers a movement-restricting disease forcing him into a wheelchair. David's parents have abandoned him, as they wanted a normal child. Mona holds a big place in David's heart, and vica versa. David's goal is to get his parents to come and visit him, and he wants to show them that he is a great person, despite his handicap. Therefore he works with music on his computer, and his goal is to create a song, send it to "The Cardigans", a famous Swedish band and have them play the song and credit him, hoping his parents would spot it and want to visit him.

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The African Woman

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