ROLLING LIKE A STONE

North American Premiere

There's no greater rock and roll juggernaut alive today than the Rolling Stones-constantly touring, constantly recording and always in the headlines even as its founding members exceed retirement age. But what about those who find themselves left in their wake? Swedish filmmakers Stefan Berg and Magnus Gertten employ a rare treat-an 8mm amateur home movie featuring the 1965-era Rolling Stones, fresh-faced and young during their inaugural visit to Sweden-to form a backdrop of lives lived, loves lost and all the years that go in between.

In 1965, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones attended an after-concert party with Swedish rock bands The Namelosers and Gonks, as well as teenager Mona Ovendal and her friends. For some, the party never ends. Immortalized on a forgotten home movie, the party-goers try, 40 years later, to make sense of these memories, and the eternal question of "What could have been?"

A bittersweet meditation on aging and the salad days of youth, ROLLING LIKE A STONE speaks volumes of truth in one thoughtful, languid hour. If this is how documentary is done in Scandinavia, then sign me up for the satellite dish.

-Jeff Krulik

DIRECTOR BIOS
Stefan Berg started out as a rock musician and music video director. He has been working full-time as a director of documentary films for the last ten years with great acclaim.

Magnus Gertten, director and producer, previously TV and radio journalist, has directed a number of highly praised documentaries for Swedish Television, some of them also theatrical releases.

Print Source:
Sara Yamashita Ruster, Swedish Film Institute
P.O. Box 27126
Borgvagen 1-5
Stockholm, SE-102 52
Sweden
+46.8.665.1141
sara.ruster@sfi.se

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