Tiring Day.. Slingshot Swedish Movie

Took the Swedish Culture class today at 5pm.. first hour was a super duper boring lecture which i couldnt really bother to listen n understand.. its abt the Swedish model of politics... how the trade unions, capitalist big companies n the govt made some form of a deal in the 1930s to keep the country in stability.. the trade unions will agree to rally their workers to vote the Social Democrats (one of the political parties in Sweden n the one in power during the deal) into the govt for the next few years n the capitalist companies will also support the govt.. the trade unions will not arrange too many strikes or demonstrations against the capitalist companies employing their members while the capitalist companies will have a favorable pay scheme for the workers.. the govt in return will grant these 2 parties concessions in terms of workers' welfare n lower tax rate for the capitalist companies.. this triangle r/s seem to work fine in theory but the problems r that the trade unions represent mostly metal working men (which is the biggest industry then) n the capitalist companies r really major ones.. thus those small n medium size companies get left out of this deal n their employees do not really enjpy favorable concessions from the govt.. this model finally faded away in the 1960s with the big companies going international.. as a result, the dreaded issue of outsourcing occurs n the special r/s bet. companies n trade unions come into conflict.. n that spells the end of this triangle r/s..

there seems to be attempts at achieving a newer Swedish model.. but it takes time.. yah i tink i remembered all these parts.. haha to tink back, actually not bad of me to remember so much..

after this boring lecture, we moved on to our smaller groups to our seminars where we discussed stuff more in detail.. the seminar was a joke as there r 3 groups, A ,B and C in each seminar team.. but the average attendance of each group is abt 2 out of 5 so in the end, we were divided into 2 smaller groups of 3 to discuss.. pretty boring as well..

after this seminar, we proceeded next to see a Swedish movie, Slingshot..

This cover picture is from one of the scene of the movie.. Roland, the boy in the pic is looking up the skirt of a ger with a lit matchstick.. This ger, lets boys look up her skirt for some money.. Roland earned some money to buy his bike but however was told that it was sold.. he then decided to spend his money on that ger instead as he was pretty curious abt wats under the skirt.. when he first went in, he said he cant see a thing, the ger passed his a matchstick n warned him against burning her.. haha.. of course the show is not just abt this but this is one of the funny scenes in the movie..

It was a pretty good movie.. very interesting.. Synopsis as below.. if there is a chance, one shld watch it.. of course with English subtitles..

Ake Sandgren's "The Slingshot" is a moving, poignant film. Set in Stockholm in the 1920's, Sandgren envelopes us into the world of a twelve year old boy, struggling to find his own way in the world. With his Jewish Mother and Socialist Father, life is not easy, but with a little help from his imagination, turns - what to an adult is taboo - into a slingshot. This is touching, moving, poignant, melancholic, happy and humourous. Ake Sandgren takes us away from ourselves and a glimpse back on childhood, and the relentless ache of growing. Sandgren uses some delightful details and a sophisticated use of imagery.

The movie title "Slingshot" came from the condom slingshots that Roland was making from condoms he took from his mum who was selling them illegally to other women.. it was banned under Swedish law to use condoms during the 1930s..

yah thats all for the movie.. by the time, all this ended, its abt 9pm liao.. by the time i reach home, its pretty late.. tiring..