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John Skoog's Film Explores 1950s Farmworker's Nuclear Obsession

3/25/2026

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In a monochrome film, Swedish artist John Skoog casts Denis Lavant as Karl-Göran Persson, a farmworker in rural Sweden during the 1950s or 1960s.
Persson becomes fixated on a pamphlet about nuclear war preparedness and transforms his dilapidated shack into a community "redoubt."
The film culminates with Lavant delivering a distinctive accordion performance.

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Story summary

In a monochrome film, Swedish artist John Skoog casts Denis Lavant as Karl-Göran Persson, a farmworker in rural Sweden during the 1950s or 1960s.
Persson becomes fixated on a pamphlet about nuclear war preparedness and transforms his dilapidated shack into a community "redoubt."
The film culminates with Lavant delivering a distinctive accordion performance.