Freud Leaving Home (1991)
In this story, the 60th birthday of Cohen-family matriarch Rosha is the occasion for a gathering of her children from the diverse places around the world. The central character in this drama, however, is Angelique, whose interest in psychoanalysis has earned her the nickname of "Freud." Her older brother is gay and lives in Florida with his lover. Her older sister has married into an Orthodox family, and lives in Jerusalem. They have all gathered in Sweden for their grandmother's birthday. Meanwhile, Rosha's daughter, the mother of these diverse children, has taken ill and is in the hospital. She has been diagnosed with a very advanced, inoperable brain tumor. Freud, who never left home, is perhaps as upset by this news as anyone, and she startles everyone by going out and beginning an affair with a biker. However, she is deeply involved in the new situation: she insists that their mother be brought home from the hospital rather than being allowed to suffer and die there.
Cast
Gunilla RöörFreud
Ghita NørbyRosha Cohen
Palle GranditskyRuben Cohen
Philip ZandénDavid Cohen
Jessica ZandénDeborah Cohen
Peter AnderssonAdrian
Stina EkbladNurse
Nils EklundHerman, Vera's Husband
Basia FrydmanVera- PPierre FränckelMax
Peter HaberMan on the airplane
Johan RabaeusDr. Lundgren
Peter StormareBerra
Lars LindMan in the stairway- GGunilla LarssonAntique Shop customer
Torgny AnderbergChicken customer
Chatarina LarssonParty woman
Lottie EjebrantParty woman
Crew
- Director
- Susanne Bier
- Writers
- Marianne Goldman
- Producers
- Peter Kropénin
- Cinematography
- Erik Zappon
- Editing
- Pernille Bech Christensen
Details
- Released
- November 15, 1991
- Language
- Swedish
- Studio
- HOBAB, Crone Film Produktion A/S, Det Danske Filminstitut
- IMDb
- tt0101920
