Jag Ar Maria 1979 Okru Work ((better)) Review

Peter Lindgren won the Best Actor award at the 16th Guldbagge Awards for his moving portrayal of Jon.

The film also reacts against the sexual objectification of women in 1970s media. Maria is never shown nude or in a submissive pose. Instead, she dresses herself slowly in the final sequence: first a plain t-shirt, then loose trousers, finally a worker’s jacket. She leaves her apartment, and the final shot is her shadow on a sunlit wall — bigger, freer. The "work" (arbete) of the title, then, refers both to the film itself and the labor of constructing a self. jag ar maria 1979 okru work