Writing
Ulla Margareta Linder Isaksson, born Lundberg, was a Swedish author and screenwriter.
Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster daughter, the unrepentant Ingeri, to deliver candles to a distant church. On their way through the woods, the girls encounter a group of savage goat herders who brutally rape and murder Karin as Ingeri remains hidden. When the killers unwittingly seek refuge in the farmhouse of Töre and Märeta, Töre plots a fitting revenge.
This intimate chamber drama, set in a maternity ward, follows the emotional crises of three women as they grapple with motherhood.
Middle-aged schoolteacher Viveka and her husband Sune enter a marriage marked by devotion and increasing strain. As Viveka’s jealousy and religious anxiety intensify into paranoid delusions, Sune becomes progressively entangled in her condition, transforming their relationship into a shared psychological collapse.
A young woman struggles with life, love and career. She is courted by a young man but is unwilling to enter into a relationship if it means limiting her freedom.
Conventions of civility among family members are severely strained by the very real breakup of the bonds between them. During a few days at a vacation home, Katha, a woman in late middle age, tries to cope with an influx of discontented, disconnected relatives. Her divorced daughter brings all sorts of people to the house, including a woman-friend accompanied by her psychotic son; the grandfather of the house is convinced he is dying and is satisfied by nothing; and some friends drop off their angry teenage son to stay with her, while they go on a long trip abroad. Her friend Emma doesn't help much with keeping a lid on things, as she is a social worker who is fascinated by the awfulness of these situations.
In 20th-century Stockholm, the established fashion house Balzar is run by Mrs. Ingeborg - competent manager, middle-aged widow and mother of two. Unconsciously reluctant, she is about to hand the company over to her son Kurt.
Martin, conductor of a symphonic orchestra, meet Barbara, violine player and they start a relationship. Five years later Martin starts to develop loss of memory and becomes more and more confused. Finally he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and Barbara tries to help as much as possible although Martin is often angry and violent towards her.
Edit is pleased that her mother agrees to let her buy a dress she loves, but which in fact is made for an adult woman.
An apartment building with apartments for single women is the setting for Faustman's drama about a group of women struggling with life and love, in particular with Eva, mistress to a man whose wife Anna also lives in the building.
A conversation between Margareta Strömstedt, Ulla Isaksson and Erik Hjalmar Linder about Elin Wägner.
