Criterion Collection - Three Films By Mai Zetterling/bd - Blu-ray

Three-disc set includes: Loving Couples (1964)At the outbreak of World War I, three pregnant women from vastly different backgrounds wait to deliver their babies in a Stockholm hospital. While talking with each other, the women recall their childhood experiences and discuss their sex lives. Writer/director Mai Zetterling's mesmerizing drama stars Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Gio Petr. 117 min. In Swedish with English subtitles. BW/Rtg: NR Night Games (1966)With their marriage imminent, Jan (Keve Hjelm) and Mariana (Lena Brundin) moved into the imposing estate where he'd lived as a boy. However, she'd soon be exposed to his panoply of repressions and hang-ups-and he'd reflect upon how they were induced at the hands of his decadent and libertine mother (Ingrid Thulin). Mai Zetterling's explosive second directorial effort co-stars Naima Wifstrand, Jrgen Lindstrm. 105 min. In Swedish with English subtitles. BW/Rtg: NR The Girls (1968)Actresses Liz (Bibi Andersson), Marianne (Harriet Andersson), and Gunilla (Gunnel Lindblom) discover to their surprise that the roles they are about to perform in an upcoming tour of Aristophanes' classic play "Lysistrata" contain some unnerving parallels to their real lives. Mai Zetterling's provocatively comic film also stars Gunnar Bjrnstrand, Erland Josephson, and Frank Sundstrm. 100 min. In Swedish with English subtitles. BW/Rtg: NR Widescreen; Soundtrack: Swedish; Subtitles: English; documentaries "Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress" (1989), "Lines from the Heart" (1996); featurettes; more.