Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM
2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles
Altered Innocence + Dirty Looks present *Something Must Break.* Ester Martin Bergsmark, *Something Must Break* (*Nånting måste gå sönder*), Swedish (with English subtitles), 85min., 2014 Author Eli Levén in person. ~ Dirty Looks presents the long-overdue U.S. release of Swedish trans-punk modern classic, *Something Must Break* (*Nånting måste gå sönder*), 2014, distributed by Altered Innocence. A fraught romance traces the transition of androgynous teen Sebastian (Saga Becker) and her crust punk boyfriend Andreas (Iggy Malmborg). Shot in gritty relief against the industrial edges of Stockholm. Andreas grows volatile, as this love stresses his het identity and Sebastian slips deeper into gender play. Written by Eli Levén and directed by Ester Martin Bergsmark (*She Male Snails*), this Golden Tiger-winning film is a bold work of contemporary Scandinavian queer cinema and based off the 2010 novel, *You Are the Roots That Sleep at My Feet and Keep the Earth in Place*.