
Editing
Kalle Boman
Born 1943-04-05 · Stockholm, Sweden
Karl-Axel "Kalle" Boman is a Swedish professor of cinematic film and a prominent film producer. Regularly cited by Östlund as his mentor, Kalle Boman has been the director’s creative consultant and ear, ever since the double Palme d’or winning director went to film school at the HDK Valand-University of Gothenburg, over two decades ago, where Boman served as a professor.
Acting credits
8.0The documentary chronicles Bo Widerberg's journey from 1960s Malmö, where he worked as a writer and film critic, to his successes as a director in Stockholm and international adventures in Cannes and New York. The film also explores the personal costs of his artistic vision and how his pursuit of life and authenticity affected both himself and those around him.
Being Bo Widerberg
2025
6.7A tribute and portrait of the Swedish filmmaker Bo Widerberg. Thommy Berggren presents slices and comments on Widerberg.
Life at Any Cost
1998
NRA nudist's tribulations in nature.
The Last Nudist
1968
7.2Documentary sheds light on the creative process of Ruben Östlund, who is a keen observer of social conditions and portrays contemporary Sweden critically in "The Square".
Il était une fois... « The Square »
2020
Behind the camera
5.5A 12-year-old boy making basic punk songs, grown men playing with guns, a neurotic woman with euphoric happiness targeting self destruction – a Swedish everyday life you've never seen before.
The Guitar Mongoloid
2004
5.6In a minor town the morose manager is primarily responsible for the bad atmosphere of a restaurant. But central for the plot are three persons: a male waiter who is never named (here called W), the female waiter Anna, and "the count", a self-invented nickname by a man cleaning plates. The count is skilled in making others do what he wants. Half a dozen of the personnel assist in a poorly planned and failed attempt to liberate a man whom the police move from one arrest to another. The event involves stealing a motorcycle and threatening policemen with a gun. Anna strongly tries to make contact with W. Finally it turns out that she need his help to break her sexual relation to the count, a relation that from her part is not motivated by positive feelings. W rejects her attempts. And then Anna has suddenly gone. She has got a pleasant job in another town. And then W's feelings awaken.
Giliap
1975
7.1Documentary film about the protests against the 1968 Davis Cup tennis match between Sweden and Rhodesia, in Båstad, Sweden. In a series of interviews, demonstrators and members of the Swedish government give their views on sport, politics and civil disobedience.
The White Game
1968
10.0"Th Head of a Woman" - "In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. (Mr. Dumby, Act III)" - Oscar Wilde.
En kvinnas huvud
1997
9.0Satire ridicule the idyllic Christmas time. In theatrical tableaux, we meet a group of eccentric, Christmas celebrating people, including a manic-cleaning dwarf.
Moderna människor
1983
10.0A young man is hiding in the bushes. His clothing and hair indicates it's the 1700s. The young man tears out a page of a book and wrap a string around it. He approaches a girl and hands over the book page to her.
Stilleben
1985
7.0About an unemployed father's relationship with his son. The father explores his innermost desires. Dancing ballet in red tulle skirt is one.
Fadern, sonen och den helige ande...
1987