Literal adaption of Stig Dagerman’s debute novel Ormen (The Snake, 1945). The film focuses on the first chapter of the book, Berättelsen om Iréne (The Story of Iréne). It was rather controversial at the time of its release, because of the graphic violence and the sex scenes (it was even screened at some porn venues in the UK). It was shot by Mac Ahlberg, who would go on directing several classic Swedish porn films in the 1970’s, such as Flossie (1974), Bel Ami (1976) and Molly – familjeflickan (1977). Apart from that it was also praised as being extremely true to the literary source, not only in terms of plot but also regarding overall style.Read More »