The New Land (1972)

Monica Zetterlund: Ulrika

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Quotes 

• Karl-Oskar : Are you stuck?

  Ulrika : [laughs]  It's your fault. You made the chair too small. You're old enough to know, that women are broader than men. God made us like that so we lie firmly on our backs when obeying his commandment to be fruitful.

• Ulrika : He was made in Sweden. May the Lord preserve him so that he won't be any the worse for it. He'll be a real American.

  [hands the new born baby to Karl-Oskar] 

  Ulrika : He's a heavy little whopper. Show mother. Now, you take a childbirth dram, Kristina.

• Kristina : The men here are such gentlemen.

  Ulrika : Here in America, they value women. It's not like bloody Sweden where they use us like maids during the days and as mattresses at nights.

• Ulrika : When I married I hadn't had a man for 4 long years. So it felt lovely using my body for that, which it was created for. And it's a union blessed by God.