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3 documentaries of Swedish director Stefan Jarl
known from Underkastelsen (2010)

Själen är större än världen aka The Soul Is Greater Than the World (1985)

Captivating and emotional documentary that follows Swedish Discus champion Ricky Bruch as he prepares for the 1984 Olympics at age 38. The film highlights Bruch's obsessive behavior regarding his training and preparations. Facing difficulties with the Swedish Olympic Committee, Bruch is denied the right to compete in the Olympic Games. Bent on revenge, he trains like an animal and competes in smaller competitions, ultimately throwing his career-best 71.26 meters (233 feet, 9 inches). Proving to himself and the world that he is the greatest, Ricky's throw would have won the 1984 Olympics by nearly 5 meters. 

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Skönheten skall rädda världen aka (2000)

Stefan Jarl interviews his old teacher in film directing, the legendary Arne Sucksdorff. Sucksdorff is marked by the illness which will soon end his life. The interview is interspersed with cuts from Sucksdorff's films. 

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De Hemlösa (2000)

Britt-Marie sells magazines, Bernt eats a sandwich, Lasse solves a crossword - and that's all. It's snowing. The people are freezing. Everybody is looking for a home.

Stefan Jarl (born 18 March 1941, Skara) is a Swedish film director best known for his documentaries. He made the Mods Trilogy, three films which follow a group of alienated people in Stockholm from the 1960s to the 1990s, They Call Us Misfits (1968), A Respectable Life (1979) and Det sociala arvet (1993). A Respectable Life won the 1979 Guldbagge Awards for Best Film and Best Director. Jarl also wrote and directed Jag är din krigare (1997), and directed Terrorists: The Kids They Sentenced (2003), The Girl From Auschwitz (2005), and Submission (2010), a documentary about the "chemical burden" of synthetics and plastics carried by people born after World War II.

Post info:
Country: Sweden 
Language: Swedish
Subtitles: English (optional)
Source: DVD5
File Format: VTS
Runtime: 242 min
Video Codec: MPEG-2
Audio: DD 2.0
Menu: Yes

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