Episode 1
Episode 1
57m
19-year-old Rasmus after graduation moves from rural Värmland to Stockholm to attend university.
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TV series
Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves
20121 season7.3 / 10
Based on the Sweden novelist Jonas Gardell's novel Love, the story of the struggle the homosexual community had with AIDS, during which time a lot of people who were lovers and family members died. The story is also about family and society's refusing to accept the gay community during that time.
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Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves premiered October 8, 2012. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Based on the Sweden novelist Jonas Gardell's novel Love, the story of the struggle the homosexual community had with AIDS, during which time a lot of people who were lovers and family members died. The story is also about family and society's refusing to accept the gay community during that time.
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Episode 2
Episode 2
58m
AIDS has started to spread among their friends, and eventually it also reaches them.
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Episode 3
Episode 3
58mfinale
Episode 3, "Death" (Döden), deals mainly with the deaths of Paul and Rasmus through AIDS
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Cast
Björn KjellmanBerättarröst
Simon J. BergerPaul
Adam PålssonRasmusCarl LindquistKyrkobesökare
Adam LundgrenBenjamin
Emil AlménSeppoMichael JonssonLars-Åke
Christoffer SvenssonBengt
Credits
- Created by
- Simon Kaijser da Silva
- Written by
- Jonas Gardell
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Miniseries
- Episodes
- 3
- Original language
- Swedish
- Original title
- Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar
Networks & production
SVT1Sweden
Finlands Svenska TelevisionFinland
SVTSweden
NRKNorway
Themes
1980saidsbased on novel or booklgbtminiseriesstockholm, sweden