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The Simple-Minded Murderer

Summary: A mentally challenged man escapes from his tyrannical master and finds happiness when a poor family takes him in.

Genre: Drama

Director: Hans Alfredson

Writer: Hans Alfredson

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

Production: Svenska Ord, Svensk Filmindustri (SF), Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)

Distributor: Roxie Releasing

Country: Sweden

Language: Swedish

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1930s abuse of power abusive boss abusive employer abusive husband accident accusation adult on a carousel adulterous husband angel animal cruelty animal in a cage antisemitism antisemitist arrogance arrogant man arson aspet sweden auction auctioneer awkward situation barbaric country barbaric society bare breasts bare chested boy bare chested male barefoot horse riding barefoot male barking dog barking man barn based on novel beach beaten up beating bechdel test failed belt belt as a gift bible biblical quotation biblical reference blood blood on hands bossing bossy husband bossy man boy breaking a glass breaking a window bribe bribery broken glass broken window brother sister relationship brother sister reunion bruise bully bullying burning money buying a motorbike buying a motorcycle bystander effect cabriolet caged mouse caged rat car accident card game card playing carousel carrying someone carrying someone in one's arms carrying someone on one's back carrying someone on one's shoulders caught having sex change in lifestyle character says i'm sorry chasing a pig chauffeur cheating husband chest childhood friend christian christianity christmas christmas eve christmas gift christmas tree church cigarette smoking class differences cleaning a window cleft lip climbing a ladder climbing down a ladder compulsory auction counting money countryside covered in blood covering one's ears coworker coworker relationship cross dressing cruelty crying crying female crying for help crying male crying man crying woman cutting someone's hair cutting wood dance scene dancing in underwear dead body dead chicken dead deer death death of mother debt deer delusion digging digging a hole directed by cast member disability disabled woman disembodied voice doctor dog domestic abuse domineering husband downpour drinking beer drinking champagne drinking coffee drinking from a bottle drinking milk drinking tea drinking wine driving lesson driving license driving without a license driving without a license plate drunk man drunken driving drunken man drunkenness eastern europe eastern scandinavia emotional abuse emotionally abusive behavior emotionally abusive boy emotionally abusive husband emotionally abusive man employer employee conflict employer employee relationship employer humiliates employee employer patronizes employee factory failed expectation failed expectations fainting fainting man fair fantasizing fantasy scene fantasy sequence farm farm worker farmer farmer's daughter farmhouse female nudity female objectification field fishing flashback forced sale forced to drink forest framed photograph freeze frame friend frontier justice full frontal male nudity fully clothed sex funfair german shepherd gift girl gramophone greed greedy man group of friends gun in a desk drawer gunshot hallucination harelip hicksploitation hiding hiding place hitting a deer with a car hole in a sock holey sock horse horse riding hot dog housemaid humiliated man humiliation humming husband wife conflict husband wife relationship indian motorcycle inner voice jumping into a swimming pool jumping into water killer on the run killing killing a chicken killing a deer killing a mouse killing a rat killing an animal kiss on forehead knocking on door lack of money lawyer learning to drive letter lighting a cigarette listening to a radio listening to music little boy little girl long haired boy long haired male looking at oneself in a mirror looking at self in mirror while naked loss of mother love lower class magic realism maid male frontal nudity male full frontal nudity male male dance male nudity male objectification male pubic hair male rear nudity male star appears nude male star appears shirtless male wears no underwear man carries a man in his arms man carries a man on his back man carries a man on his shoulders man carries a woman man carries a woman in his arms man child man dancing in underwear man dresses as a woman man reads a book man reads a magazine man reads a newspaper man swims naked man wears a bathrobe man wears a dress man wears a leather jacket man wears a nightshirt man wears an open shirt man wears boxer shorts man wears lipstick man wears longjohns man wears make up man wears overalls man wears shorts man wears sunglasses man wrapped in a towel manchild manor house manslaughter mental illness mental retardation mentally challenged mentally challenged man mentally challenged protagonist mentally ill mentally ill man mentally ill protagonist mentally retarded money money counting mother daughter relationship mother son relationship motorbike motorbike vandalized motorcycle motorcycle vandalized motorcycle with sidecar mouse mouse in a cage moving murder murder by cutting naked horse riding naked swimming nazi newspaper ad non linear non linear narrative northern europe note nudity office orphan outcast overheard conversation overheard sex painting paralyzed woman party patriarch patriarchal family patronizing peeping tom performance performance singing period piece photo studio photograph photographer physically challenged physically challenged woman pig pig shed pig shed on fire playing accordion playing billiard playing cards poor family posing for a photograph postman pouring a drink on someone pouring beer on someone's head pouring rain poverty priest pubic hair puppet puppet theater puppeteer puppetry pushed out of a wheelchair rain storm rainstorm rat rat in a cage reading a book reading a book out loud reading a letter reading a letter aloud reading a magazine reading a newspaper reading in bed redhead redneck rednecksploitation reference to god reference to nobel prize restaurant reunion revelation revenge riding a motorbike riding a motorcycle ripping off clothes rival rivalry rivalry between farmers rooster statuette rowboat running barefoot running through the woods rural setting sack on head same sex dance sauna sausage scandinavia eastern europe screenplay adapted by author secretly observing servant servant as protagonist sex sex from behind sex standing up shed on fire shirtless horse riding shooting sidecar simpleton singing along sister ashamed of brother sitting on stairs sitting on the floor skinny dipping sleeping fully clothed sleeping in a barn sleeping in a chair sleeping in underwear sleeping on a chair sleeping on a couch sleeping on the job slow motion scene smith smoking in a car snoring snoring man snoring woman social drama social issues social outcast sock puppet soldier speech speech defect speech impediment spitting spitting out a drink squat squatter squatting star appears nude statue statuette statuette as a gift stolen motorbike stolen motorcycle storm stripping sweden sweden eastern europe swedish countryside swedish lifestyle swedish nationalism swedish nationalist swedish nazi swedish redneck swedish simpleton swedish ultra nationalism swedish ultra nationalist swedish village swedish xenophobia swimming pool taking a photograph taking a picture taking off clothes taking off shirt talking to oneself teenage boy teenage girl teenager telling a joke throwing something at someone throwng a billiard ball at someone timeframe 1930s told in flashback topless female topless woman torn clothes torn dress tractor traffic accident train train station traumatic memory traumatized man traumatized protagonist tyrannical boss ultra nationalist underwater scene undressing unfaithful husband unhappy marriage vandalism vengeance vigilante vigilante justice villager violence visit visitor voice over letter vomiting voyeur voyeurism waiter waiter humiliated waking someone walking with a cane watching someone sleep well wet clothes wheelchair wheelchair bound wheelchair bound woman whistling woman dances in underwear woman reads a magazine woman uses a wheelchair woman wears eyeglasses woman wears panties woman wears underwear woman wrapped in a towel wood chopping woods worker worker as protagonist working class working shirtless wrapped in a towel written and directed by cast member written by cast member written by director xenophobe xenophobia xenophobic man xenophobic remark younger version of character

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