User reviews

A much forgotten film which was hailed by the critics? Yes, that's the fact about this seond feature film by Pål Løkkeberg with his wife Vibeke Løkkeberg in the main role, just as in his first film Liv (1967).

Maria is married with the business man Carl, and is working part time as a swimming teacher. She needs more excitement in life, but when she finds she is pregnant she decides against having the child. When she meets Danish Lou she gets on a wild rampage where they rob a post office.

It's quite baffling this is Pål Løkkeberg's last feature film, but he never got money to make his third, written togerther with acclaimed novelist Jens Bjørneboe.

I find the film interesting in more ways than one, and has a taste of French-ness, as well as a quite interesting plot and story. It unconventional as a Norwegian movie, and I find it refreshing.

In 2024 this movie was made available and released in HD for the first time. Released on interregional (region-free) Blu-Ray Disk by Norwegian Film Classics as the 42nd release in a new series with classics, NFK0042, with subtitles in English, and is supposed to be held in stock for film lovers.

I don't understand why this movie have such a low rating. Excellent modernistic movie, it felt very much like a french nouvelle vague movie with a feminist touch. Jean-Luc Godard comes to mind.

Most of the movie I recognize is shot in Bergen on the west coast of Norway. We follow Maria who is married to the businessman Carl. She works as a swimming instructor who gets bored with their conventional, safe and boring life. When she finds out that she is pregnant, her life takes a new direction. She has an affair with a danish plumber and bank robber.

The movie is very entertaining and recommend in every way.