Demons

Released in Sweden in 1986 and based on a play by Lars Noren, this portrait of marital turmoil makes WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? look like "The Honeymooners." Green and Froeling have been married for ten years, though from the outset it's clear that anger and resentment dominate their life together. After his mother's funeral, Green returns to their flat with her ashes. He has been phoning all day, but there has been no answer, and he suspects the sultry Froeling of infidelity. They begin the barbed insults that grow more brutal and rancorous as the long evening wears on. Green's brother and sister-in-law are due to arrive, but they cancel the engagement. Dread...