Plot
Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog's milk and advises the dog not to drink it; she sets the sheets afire as her husband sleeps; she crawls under the dining table to sing. While detained at airport customs for carrying pruning shears, she meets a young Yugoslav woman and goes with her to a Gypsy enclave where she's fought over, takes a lover, helps with the sordid entertainment at a bar, and returns home more dangerous than before. The film also tells parallel stories of Marilyn's daughter becoming a junior homemaker as the young immigrant practices her striptease.
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Cast
Susan Anspach
Marilyn Jordan
Erland Josephson
Martin Jordan
Marianna Jacobi
Cookie Jordan
Jamie Marsh
Jimmy Jordan
John Zacharias
Grandpa Bill
Per Oscarsson
Dr. Aram Pazardjian
Marina Lindahl
Secretary
Borivoje Todorović
Alex Rossignol
Lisbeth Zachrisson
Rita Rossignol
Svetozar Cvetković
Montenegro
Patricia Gélin
Tirke
Dragan Ilić
Hassan
Nikola Janić
Mustapha
Mile Petrović
Zanzi Bar Customer
John Parkinson
Piano Player
Jan Nygren
Police Officer
Lasse Åberg
Customs Inspector
Kaarina Harvistola
1st Policewoman
Eva Gislén
2nd Policewoman
Elsie Hohn
Tap-dancing Lady
Paul Smith
Cab Driver
Bo-Ivan Petersson
Bo Ivan Peterson