November 30th

(1995)

★ 4 IMDb · 21 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1995

Runtime: 116 мин

Country: Sweden

Director: Daniel Fridell

Cast: Göran Gillinger, María Celedonio, Ray Jones IV, Йонас Карлссон, Frida Hallgren, Goran Marjanović, Peter L. Abrahamsson, Стефан Саук, Göran Forsmark, Johanna Sällström

Plot

On November 30th (the date when King Karl XII died) there will usually be demonstrations by hyper-national and neo-Nazi groups, and also democratic counter demonstrations. The plot of "West Side Story" is transferred to the Stockholmian suburb Alby where many immigrants live. But the film is no plagiarism, in particular no so because many scenes have the intensive character of live transmission. The boy (Adam) belongs to a Nazi group whose racial attitude is foremost directed against immigrants with 'wrong' colour of hair or skin. The girl (Julia) belongs to a family of political fugitives from Peru. Adam and Julia immediately fall in great and reciprocal love, and there are highly emotional love scenes. Therefore Adam breaks with his group. But when his best friend is killed by Julia's brother, he kills the brother. In turn the couple is hunted by the police and Julia's relatives. Both Adam and Julia are finally murdered. The film takes no step toward reconciliation.