The Beauty (Skönheten) (2001)
| Original Title | SKÖNHETEN
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| Language | NON-VERBAL, NO DUBBING NEEDED
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| Duration | 17 minutes
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| Producer | STOP (Svensk Text & Ordproduktion)
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| Script | Anette Skåhlberg
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| Director | Martin Lima de Faria
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| Cast | Bengt Dahlkvist, Eva Bergengren, Ebba Hultkvist, Göran Engman
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Who has the right to be loved? A film about prejudice and compassion.
Story:
A handsome and popular young man falls in love with a girl, who has Down’s Syndrome.
The reaction from both friends and family is one of disgust and total disbelief. Their love is being frowned upon and regarded as entirely inappropriate……