Sweden

[…] Lindblom made her debut as a film director with Summer Paradise (Paradistorg), a film version of Ulla Isaksson’s novel of the same name. Isaksson and Lindblom co-wrote the screenplay, which centres on an impressive summerhouse in the Stockholm archipelago. Every summer the various generations of the Wik family gather at the house, where the matriarchal doctor Katha – played by Birgitta Valberg, who won a Guldbagge award for the role – is the undisputed hub of the family. However, exasperations and disdain are bubbling under the surface of this Swedish idyll, and Bergmanesque elements are clearly discernible in the dialogues that resolve these issues. In one central scene a bitter quarrel breaks out around the dangers facing children in welfare Sweden as a result of women’s liberation and the desire for self-realisation.
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A woman in the upper echelons of society is suspected of killing her husband. But did she do it…?Read More »

A quartet of sterling performances from some of Sweden’s top actors (including the wonderful Pernille August) anchors Jorgen Bergmark’s tragicomedy about a marriage counseling couple who find themselves in deep water when the husband falls for his best friend’s wife. A smart, funny film made for adults.Read More »

A drama about four friends and the aftermath of a rape.Read More »

A group of friends are to celebrate the summer on a small island in the Stockholm Archipelago. The plan is to eat crayfish and drink snaps, a fundemental Swedish tradition. Some are already in the house on the island (with the food) and the rest of the group arrives by boat (bringing the snaps), but they experience great difficulties while trying to come ashore. Their only neighbor on the island, an eccentric, Hollywood-obsessed, hot-tempered hermit doesn’t make the situation better.Read More »

Young entrepreneurial couple André and Vera get the chance to pitch their female health app at a prestigious competition. Before going there, Vera tries hypnotherapy to quit smoking and her attitude changes. André starts to behave unexpectedly.

9 wins, 12 nominations.Read More »

An old cobbler in a small hamlet in the middle of nowhere decides to hang up his boots for good. As a sendoff to the awful modern world with all its fuss and fancy he puts up a sign to an – alleged – grave of the great warrior Yngve Frej. It turns out to have some unexpected consequences as his peace is disturbed by a sudden influx of Big City people with their strange ideas.

Based on a novel by Stig “Slas” Claesson.Read More »

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“Strange Harbor ” – A Swedish cargo ship is in the winter of 1938 at the dock in Gdynia in Poland, waiting to depart with coal to Sweden. In a tavern in the port a Polish dockworkers tries to tell something to the Swedish sailors, but is rudely turned away by the tavern owner. Later in the evening the port worker is found dead. That same evening one of the Swedish sailors, meets a Jewish woman who has fled Nazi Germany.Read More »

Plot Synopsis:
Visiting her mother’s cousin Lennart in a small town, Maria (an 11-year-old child) discovers a strange figure in the city, Jon – a large, dirty and old man. He is somewhat of an old pariah in the eyes of the townspeople, who reject him due to his slovenly appearance and drinking habits. Jon lives in a remote house on the edge of a village and is considered dangerously abnormal and Maria is not permitted to go near him. But one day he is struck by a car and Maria, independent and unafraid, helps him home. There she makes a wonderful discovery: Jon paints marvelous and unusual pictures, a real world of imaginative, naive painting. He makes her a gift of one and all too quickly becomes an unwilling celebrity, unable to handle the reaction of the townspeople and, especially, the media. Maria is the only one he trusts. Through her caring, the old man allows his life to take a different direction.Read More »