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Mods Collection

Documentary film series which follows a group of teenagers as they become recipients, then victims, of Sweden's welfare-state economy. The group eschews traditional social values, engaging in selling drugs and smugly criticizing those who adhere to a schedule and a steady job. This documentary-style film interviews young people who feel disenfranchised and out of place in the world but show little if any ambition to improve their station in life. They willingly speak of their future hopes, providing they have any, and their childhood experiences which led to their present situation and philosophical beliefs.

3 movies 1968 – 1993 4h 49m total
Directed by Stefan Jarl , Jan Lindkvist

Movies in this collection

Dom kallar oss mods
Dom kallar oss mods

Dom kallar oss mods

1968 1h 40m Dir. Stefan Jarl , Jan Lindkvist

En dokumentärfilm som skildrar ett gäng unga Stockholmkillars tillvaro i utkanten av samhället. Filmen är den första delen i en trilogi.

Ett anständigt liv
Ett anständigt liv

Ett anständigt liv

1979 1h 42m Dir. Stefan Jarl

A decade has gone by and the spirit of the preceding film, Dom kallar oss mods, has disappeared. Kenta is an alcoholic and lives with his girlfriend Eva. Together they have a son, Patric. Kenta's mom is in jail for manslaughter and Kenta goes to Kronoberg to greet her. Heroin also comes to play and Stoffe is one of those who falls victim to it.

Det sociala arvet
Det sociala arvet

Det sociala arvet

1993 1h 27m Dir. Stefan Jarl

The final entry in the Mods trilogy, set 13 years after the second film, explores the fates of Stoffe's and Kenta's children. As Kenta, the ultimate rebel and outcast, faces his legacy, the next generation struggles to escape or repeat it