Muraren (Bricklayer)

Muraren

Vad är konst? Vad är liv? Det är frågorna som filmen kretsar kring. Den är ett porträtt av skådespelaren Thommy Berggren och borrar sig ned i bakgrund och uppväxt och avslöjar tidigare okända sidor. Varför är Thommy Berggren en av våra bästa skådespelare? Som extra bonus medföljer en hel timme bortklippta scener med Thommy på lysande berättarhumör, om pappan, om de stora skådespelarna, om Widerberg och Bergman, om ”Skräcken”, drömmen om Amerika och döden.

”Något alldeles exceptionellt”
/Nöjesguiden

”Man vill ha mer av allt”
/Aftonbladet

”Berggren underhåller på högsta nivå. Stor och generös berättarglädje. På båda sidor kameran.”
/DN

The Bricklayer

A documentary about the multiaward winning actor Thommy Berggren well known from his work with Ingmar Bergman and Bo Widerberg.

What is art? What is life? Stefan Jarl’s film The Bricklayer focuses on these questions. The film is a portrait of the actor Thommy Berggren and delves deeply into his background and upbringing. Why is Thommy Berggren one of our best actors? From where does an actor draw his strengths?
The film follows Thommy Berggren during two and a half years, and includes rich examples of his productions for film, theatre and television.

Thommy Berggren
In 1963 Thommy Berggren joined The Royal Dramatic Theatre, and played in the same year in Ingmar Bergman’s production Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf. He has worked with many directors, notably Alf Sjöberg. The interpretation of the eldest son in Long day’s journey into night directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1988 attracted a lot of attention.-. .
His breakthrough in films came with Bo Widerberg’s The Pram and Raven’s End, both from 1963. And with Bo Widerberg as director, Thommy Berggren has shown some of his most distinguished performances. The part as Sixten Sparre in Elvira Madigan brought him international fame. Thommy Berggren has also directed three plays, among them Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker. Thommy Berggren was also the cicerone in Stefan Jarl’s film about Bo Widerberg, Life at Any Cast.

”Moving and entertaining!”
/Variety