"It is full of corrective truth…  In sheer narrative technique, LOVING COUPLES is one of the most ambitious debuts since CITIZEN KANE."
(Kenneth Tynan, The Observer)

For her feature film directing debut, actress Mai Zetterling turned to Agnes von Krusenstjerna’s controversial masterpiece of Swedish feminist literature, The Misses von Pahlen, an intense and personal 7 part novel that has been likened to the great works of D. H. Lawrence.

As three pregnant women from different backgrounds wait to have their babies in a hospital in Stockholm at the outbreak of the Great War, they relive their childhood and youthful experiences via individual flashbacks.

Drawing on the classic Ingmar Bergman style of Swedish filmmaking and collaborating with many of his favorite actors as well as the great cinematographer Sven Nykvist, Zetterling has produced a powerful fusion of personal emotional drama and a commentary on the role of women in a society in moral decline.

Special features

• The War Game (1962), a 15 minute short film made by Mai Zetterling and winner of the Golden Lion for Best Short Film at the Venice Film Festival

• Optional English and French subtitles
• Stills gallery
• Mai Zetterling biography and filmography
• 12 page booklet featuring Filming LOVING COUPLES by Mai Zetterling and full cast and credits