The man works flexibly and manipulates his surroundings, allowing him to build a successful career and become a known name in Swedish well-being research.

The film shows his way to the top through fancy dinners, relationship making, and his handling of the media.

Myglaren was a sharp, modern social satire, a format that is unlikely to have been used in any previous Swedish films.

This debate led to a fight between Myrdal and Harry Schein, then-Managing Director of Svenska Filminstitutet.

When the film was later released in movie theaters for the general public, it was viewed by 297 people, which Schein stated was "hopefully an unbreakable all-time low for Swedish cinema.