It is based on the impact of passion, jealousy and anger across 70 years in a relationship, involving different generations.

After an argument with his wife, author Alex Schulman realizes he must deal with his anger. It is an anger that has been passed down through the generations, and all the family's conflicts and vendettas seem to start with one and the same person, grandfather Sven Stolpe. In "Burn all my letters" we follow Karin and Sven Stolpe, and the short affair Karin had with Olof Lagercrantz in the early 1930s, which created ripples over the decades.—SVT

For the non-Swede it is important to know that Sven Stolpe was a massive figure in Swedish literature from the late 1920s on. This film gives insight into the volatile, emotionally-unstable nature of a supremely gifted man who wrote dozens of books plus scripts etc, read three books a day and is said to have read over 45,000 books in his lifetime - but was cruel and vindictive towards his family and his many enemies.—edwardpeters167