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Bookmark this pageBlack on White (1967)
Director: Jörn Donner
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A simple triangle affair, shot in stunning colour, which somehow contrives to make capital out of its own banality. Nothing much happens, but a great deal is revealed about the illusion of happiness, as a young businessman (well played by Donner himself) breaks up his 'perfect' marriage to pursue a short-lived affair with a flighty young secretary (Halkola). He manoeuvres to get her away on an imaginary business trip; he begins to get caught up in a tissue of lies both at home and at the office; and he watches helplessly as the girl gradually drifts indifferently away, leaving him forlornly dogging her footsteps. With quiet, unobtrusive compassion, always revealing more than is said, Donner records the hell on earth of man's quest for happiness.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Jörn Donner
Producer: Arno Carlstedt
Cast: Jörn Donner, Kristiina Halkola, Liisamaija Laaksonen, Lasse Martenson full cast
Duration: 95 mins
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