Of course, in the hypothetical case that beans are cooked everywhere as long as there are beans everywhere, the Swedish series Tore confirms the hypothesis, because even in a country as civilized as Sweden, the problems of the abdomen remain unresolved and satisfactory. Tore is 27 years old and has a confusing sexuality. He argues appropriately with his father and watches, perplexed, as he is run over by a garbage truck. If we add that she works in the family funeral home, we sense from the first of the six episodes that Netflix offers in its first season that it will be anything but funny, and Erika Calmeyer is responsible for that because the direction is just as good William Spetz, his screenwriter and leading actor, are absolutely coherent.
Linn, his best friend, tries to help him through his apparent depressive process. Tore’s sexuality becomes clear when he becomes so attracted to Erik, a flower shop employee, that the pain of his father’s death combines with carnal desire. Apparently, there is nothing better to overcome grief and depression than going crazy in a nightclub, and moreover, if you experience the delusions caused by lysergic acid diethylamide for the first time, forgetting is guaranteed. Sex, drugs and disco music in a series that is essentially about the real or imagined difficulties of personal relationships, this world that shows man’s constant ineptitude at enjoying pleasure. Of course, what Cioran defined as “the union of two slimes”, something physiologically obvious and mentally so complex. It’s life, stupid!
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