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Lennart Addiction

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Lennart is pictured as an addict, a workaholic. In the first scenes where he is seen with his wife in his own home before work, his wife asks him to stay home and spend her off day with her. She says, "I haven't missed a in 14 years." insinuating that he is a workaholic. Along with Lennart being a workaholic, his wife misses his presence. Although he is there physically, his mind is never truly present. His wife stands in the doorway seeming a bit dramatic but maybe that refers to her angst to be with her husband. She begins to hate Lennart for his working addiction. "Goodbye, you traitor!" Not only has his work addiction affected his well-being but it has affected his sex life with his wife. He almost seems not interested after being fired …show more content…

While they are home, they almost always seem to always be worrying about work. The way the lie in bed with their wives, rather than seeming comfortable and okay with being vulnerable with their partner; they seem bothered and restless. Kalle arrives at bar venting his problems to the bartender while she pours an unrequested beer for him. After that scene, he arrives home and greets his wive with physical contact that insinuates he wants to have sex with her. The men is the movie seek constant relief in drunkenness and sex stemming from the work addiction referring the point above. The Doctor and the Nurse; the nurse was constantly asking the doctor "When are you going to get a divorce?" in a desperate manner which may refer to the Doctor and the Nurse having an affair. The scenes emphasize the idea that all the men in the movie have an addiction to their work and their presence is constantly attached to their workplace. While at the bar, the wife called her husband 'Kristers' desperately explaining why she was going to be home late. The wife responses to her husband seemed like she had to convince him to believe her. The woman are subjective to the men making sure that they have an explanation for what they do while the men do

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