Wen man liebt (2007)

Wen man liebt: Directed by Åke Sandgren. With Sofia Ledarp, Jonas Karlsson, Rolf Lassgård, Isa Aouifia. The young woman Lena has once again found happiness with a new man after having left a violent relationship.

“Conjugal violence has often been treated in the movies; the Hollywoodian style of u0026quot;sleeping with my enemyu0026quot; starring Julia Roberts and u0026quot; enoughu0026quot; starring Jennifer Lopez were not that much convincing ,gambling on the show and on turning the viewer into a voyeur .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Den man älskaru0026quot; avoids this trap : all one sees is photographs of the beaten wife taken at the hospital ,and the bedridden victim .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnti-Hollywoodian to the core, the film may turn off some viewers ; after sheu0026#39;s found comfort and true love again with another good man, the heroine ,helped by the police,keeps her torturer at bay …for a while …u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut ,relatively speaking, the heroine looks sometimes like Charlotte Rampling in u0026quot;portiere di nottiu0026quot; (Liliana Cavani , 1973) : a former prisoner of a concentration camp fascinated by her nazi hangman (Dirk Bogarde) she meets again in Vienna ,sexually attracted to him .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThatu0026#39;s what happens to the heroine:in spite of her new husbandu0026#39;s love and affection , she cannot help but being slowly but inexorably attracted by her former flame ;this may infuriate some viewers , in spite of the u0026quot;moralu0026quot; ending -perhaps imposed by the producers- The viewer does not leave the movie unharmed : he feels as uneasy as the bewildered husband walking in the graveyard ; the movie is a long flashback .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe question is : is it really a plea against beaten wives? Although interesting ,for that matter, the movie remains an ambiguous statement.”