Åke Lindström

A sensitive young doctor freshly out of med school is overwhelmed by the challenges of his profession and the limitations of the medical system.

1968. Men are in charge and the world is burning. A travelling theatre company takes a production of Lysistrata on tour and it’s not long before the cast start seeing their own lives and relationships through fresh eyes. Zetterling’s riff on Aristophanes’ play revealed that little had changed in society since it was written. Simone de Beauvoir loved it.