简介："InatowninsouthernSweden,SvenKlangdecidestoenlivenhisdancecombowithanewsaxplayer,LassefromStockholm.Atfirstallgoeswell;butbitbybitLassebringsintoquestionalltherigidvalues,musicalandsocial,bywhichthefaintlysuperciliousSvenhassethislife'scourse.Gunnel,thevocalist,fallsforthenewcomer'scharmsandfindsherselfpregnantwhenLasseandSveneventuallypartinhighdudgeon.Thedailyroundcontinues.EventuallyLassepopsupagain,anddisappointsallsaveSvenbyturningtailinthefaceofGunnel'sloveandhissenseofguiltathavingfatheredherchild....TheappealofSvenKlang'sComboliesinitsutterlackofpretension,initssmalltownatmosphereanditsvividcharacterisation.Oneimaginesthattheactorswereabletoimprovisetheirlinesandcontributepersonaltouchesthatfleshedouttheirroles.Theirautobiographiesbecomefiction;butfiction,assooften,alsobecomestruth.Thisfilmrecognisesthatbigemotionsstemfromsmallincidentsandthatoneisforeveraprisonerofone'sgeneration."(PeterCowie,1978InternationalFilmGuide) "WhatgivesStellanOlsson'sfilmdistinctionisthatforthefirsttimeinmyexperienceoffilmstodowithjazzthecharactersareasengagingasthemusic.Andbothareplayedwithtruth:(EricShorter,DailyTelegraph) StellanOllanOlssonwasbornin1936inKattarp,southSweden.HetookhisB.A.attheUniversityofLund,majoringinHumanities.AfterabreifspellintheStockholmFilmschool,Olssonreturnedtohispreviousteachingprofessionbeforemakinghisfirstfilm.HeisalsoatheatreandTVdirector,photograperandpainter.…