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The Stone Face

The Stone Face

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 3, 1973

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Drama, Crime

User Score

68%

Original Title

Stenansiktet

Production Companies

Swedish Filmproduction International, Inge Ivarson Filmproductions

Director

Jan Halldoff

Description

After losing his son in a traffic accident and his wife to mental illness, Harry moves to a gloomy Stockholm suburb. A local youth gang is harassing the neighborhood and Harry comes up with the idea of hiring the gang to kill the bureaucrats who are responsible for the construction of the suburb. The film is a fierce critique of the political project of building suburbs designed only for workers to sleep in and also wants to have a say in the debate over nature vs nurture.