Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult (1967)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Vilgot Sjöman

Writers:

Release Date:

10 March 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Jealousy | Male Nudity | Nudity | Male Frontal Nudity

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Lena Nyman	...	Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman / Lena
Vilgot Sjöman	...	Vilgot Sjöman
Börje Ahlstedt	...	Börje, Lena's boyfriend
Peter Lindgren	...	Lena's Father
Chris Wahlström	...	Rune's Woman
Marie Göranzon	...	Marie, Börje's mistress
Magnus Nilsson	...	Magnus, Lena's school friend
Ulla Lyttkens	...	Ulla, Lena's friend
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anders Ek
Martin Luther King	...	Himself
Yevgeni Yevtushenko	...	Himself

Also Known As:

I Am Curious (Yellow) (USA)
Jag är nyfiken - gul

Runtime:

121 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (uncut) (1967) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1970) | UK:15 (2006 re-rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2006) | UK:18 (video rating) (1994) | UK:X (1968 original rating) | UK:X (cut) (1968) | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2007) (uncut) | West Germany:18 (original rating) (heavily cut) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) (cut) | Norway:18 (1970) | Sweden:15 | USA:X | Australia:MA | Spain:(Banned) (1967 - 1978)

Company:

Sandrews

Trivia:

In Marvel Comics' "The Amazing Spider-Man #101" (published in October 1971) Gwen Stacy suggests to Peter Parker to go and see this film, adding he could cover her eyes "during the spicy parts."

Quotes:

Magnus, Lena's school friend: Are there any interesting social cases here? People in sleazy flats? People with unpaid dental bills? Drug cases will do, too. I work for "Expressen" the paper with a sting. My paper is planning a conservative victory in the '68 elections. We're doing a series on the ten most sordid social welfare cases.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Get Smart: I Am Curiously Yellow (#5.26)" (1970)

The first major release to show full frontal nudity of both male and female performers, and genuine intercourse on screen…

In the sixties, the Swedish films were known to be the most sexually graphic, but this is the one that really rocked the world… It was shocking in its uninhibited portrayal of sex and in its fulminating piece of social democracy… It was a significant step forward in getting the adult film shown in the theaters…

The film comes in two editions, blue and yellow… The blue version focuses more on the political issues and the yellow concentrates on the emergence of sexual liberation…

The lead character is a young Swedish girl who attempts to hold fast to her philosophy of nonviolence, free love, and democratic socialism... But the realities of her life force her to adopt new and unrestrained ideologies…

Strangely enough, in Sweden, it was criticized more for its left-wing attitudes than for its audacious display of sex…