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- DirectorStefan JarlStarsKenneth 'Kenta' GustafssonGustav 'Stoffe' SvenssonEva BlondinAbout a couple of friends in Stockholms drug world.
- DirectorPer OscarssonStarsPer OscarssonErnst GüntherGeorg AdellyThis farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single king appears to possess the brains he was born with, so history seems to be made by default, as it were. Gustav does blunder around, but not enough to miss being crowned king. As a result, France, England, and Germany invade Sweden hoping to take by force what they could not gain by incompetence.
- DirectorTage DanielssonStarsBrasse BrännströmGrynet MolvigLena NymanRoyal family held hostage by children.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsMagnus HärenstamLill AnderssonEllionor Bille1944. Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women staff can work more efficiently. When first arriving he is greeted with suspicion and his efforts at courting the young ladies are futile. But as soon as he buys himself a car it becomes much easier, especially since he is authorized to relocate people to an easier line of work.
- DirectorHans IvebergStarsJanne CarlssonKim AnderzonStig Ossian EricsonTo get an order for 1,000 yachts from a middle-east sheik, two boat companies have to race 'Göta kanal', a canal through Sweden, east to west. There are no rules in this game and the winner gets the order.
- DirectorTomas LöfdahlStarsBjörn SkifsLiv AlsterlundGösta EkmanA man is being chased by two others because he owes them money.
- DirectorJan TroellStarsMax von SydowSverre Anker OusdalGöran StangertzIn 1897 Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée with 2 colleagues prepares to fly over the North Pole in his balloon "Eagle".
- DirectorMikael EkmanStarsGösta EkmanUlf BrunnbergBjörn GustafsonSickan has a new plan. This time, the gang will steal a small computer microchip that contains a top-secret plan of what the government intends to do with Sweden in the future. But Wall-Enberg is also planning to steal the chip. The payment will be 55 million Swedish crowns in gold and diamonds to whoever can deliver the chip to the foreign investors. Who will grab hold of the chip, the Jönsson gang or Wall-Enberg?
- DirectorMikael EkmanStarsGösta EkmanUlf BrunnbergNils BrandtSickan, Vanheden and Rocky try to rob the Berns nightclub one night, but Vanheden has made the mistake to invite his constantly drunk cousin, the old dynamiter Dynamite-Harry and he ruins the plan. Sickan is arrested, and has to spend 10 months in a small, locked room. When he is released, he has a new plan, but Rocky and Vanheden have decided to go straight. Together with Dynamite-Harry, Sickan plans to rob a cold store, managed by their arch-enemy, Wall-Enberg.
- DirectorJan HalldoffStarsPierre LindstedtKjell BergqvistElisabeth Seth RippeA truckdriver figures out a way to sell huge amounts of "leftover" pallets and makes big bucks. However, the additional income eventually becomes impossible to hide.
- DirectorHans IvebergStarsGösta EkmanJanne CarlssonLena OlinGary misses the bus. He doesn't have a car.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsBrasse BrännströmMagnus HärenstamPia GreenThree friends who have not seen each other in seventeen years are reunited.
- DirectorHans AlfredsonStarsStellan SkarsgårdAllan EdwallLena NymanPettersson and Bendel are both worn, run-down and broke. Despite this they decide to start a business and become rich. Unexperienced they are open to any deal. They tamper, scam and exploit loopholes that exist.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsDennis HopperHardy KrügerGösta Ekman"The Inside Man" is based on a real-life incident during the days of the Cold War when a Soviet submarine was spotted in Swedish waters.
- DirectorBo WiderbergStarsSven WollterTomas von BrömssenHåkan SernerIn Stockholm, on St. Lucy's feast day, a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Two cops from vice squad, Johansson and Jarnebring, who were the first to the crime scene, pursue all leads and identify a suspect, an arrogant member of the elite secret police, a man assigned to guard the country's Minister of Justice. Just as the beat cops think they've tightened the noose around the suspect, loose ends appear, witnesses lose their certainty, alibis crop up, and even the cops doubt what they've seen. Who's protecting the suspect and why?
- DirectorHugo BolanderStarsNils PoppeCarl ReinholdzJohn BotvidThe hunt for a precious porcelain-tableware leads to Möllegården's estate, where ghosts are said to live.
- DirectorMats Helge OlssonStarsGeorg AdellyChristina LindbergPer OscarssonA number of candid camera gags.
- DirectorHans AlfredsonStarsMalin EkSverre Anker OusdalMarie GöranzonJohn and Carl have a small publishing company. One day John meets the poet Clara who recently made her debut, and Clara's fiancé Stig. John and Clara fall in love with each other, and she moves into an apartment owned by John. John breaks up with his wife and moves in with Clara. But Clara has a nervous breakdown.
- DirectorGösta EkmanStarsGösta EkmanMargaretha KrookLena NymanLife isn't easy for the indecisive 40 year old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfriend?
- DirectorMikael EkmanStarsGösta EkmanUlf BrunnbergBjörn GustafsonCriminal trio strike at furniture store, discover a secret network for shipping computers to the Soviet Union.
- DirectorHans AlfredsonStarsBenny HaagMelinda KinnamanGunnar EyjólfssonThe young nobleman Inge is riding through Sweden, looking for his twin brother, Arild. He meets a group of gypsies who welcome him. They met Arild earlier and believe that the brother is Arild. Inge falls in love with the mysterious girl Isis.
- DirectorJonas FrickStarsBjörn SkifsGino SamilJohan UlvesonA chemistry teacher is framed for making drugs. In prison he discovers a passage out. A gang forces him to reveal it and join them in their crimes outside, returning each time. He meets a cutie that turns out to be a cop.
- DirectorKjell SundvallStarsRolf LassgårdLennart JähkelJarmo MäkinenA Stockholm cop moves back home to his brother near Norway and Finland. He investigates out of control reindeer poaching. He confiscates rifles with no permits. Everybody, even his brother and local cops, are against him. Things escalate.
- DirectorJack ErsgardStarsKjell BergqvistLena EndreJohannes BrostFrank, Sara and their two children have recently moved into the house of their dreams on the countryside. Frank is disturbed by mysterious sounds and somebody tears down the wallpaper from the walls. He contacts a ghost-hunter, Allan. While conducting an experiment, Allan is killed, and Frank has to find out the truth himself. What's so special with the mysterious room in the attic?
- DirectorStaffan HildebrandStarsIzabella ScorupcoHåkan LindbergAnki LidénAnneli is soon to be 17 years old. She lives alone with her mother and can barely remember her father who left the family 10 years ago. One day she receive a letter from her father, who is a helicopter pilot up north. Anneli decides to visit him, but on her way up, she meets Johnny and falls in love.
- DirectorLasse ÅbergStarsLasse ÅbergJon SkolmenCecilia WaltonStig Helmer takes another vacation with his Norwegian friend Ole, this time a skiing vacation in the Alps. Of course, Stig has never learned downhill skiing, but he attends a ski school. The two men also manage to charm two women who are also vacationing. The other Swedish tourists are a diverse group that includes the choleric Mr. Jönsson and his family, and two men trying to sell kick-sleds.
- DirectorLasse ÅbergStarsLasse ÅbergJon SkolmenBirgitte SöndergaardThe landlubber Stig-Helmer and his Norwegian friend Ole get on a barge by mistake. They arrive to an island in the archipelago and have to spend Midsummer among the fancy rich people, their champagne parties, their summer houses and the annual yacht race.
- DirectorGöran du RéesStarsLena OlinStellan SkarsgårdViveka SeldahlA sailing boat is carrying two stories that run parallel to each other. One is about the loss and rekindling of a young couple losing their son. The other is about the pride and dysfunction of a father, forcing his family to the seas.
- DirectorPelle BerglundStarsStellan SkarsgårdLennart HjulströmKrister HenrikssonHis name is Carl Hamilton from a Swedish noble family - trained by the CIA and a army SEAL. When a group of terrorists based in Sweden threatens to initiate their diabolic plans - the Coq Rouge Carl Hamilton is activated.
- DirectorMikael EkmanStarsGösta EkmanBjörn GustafsonUlf BrunnbergVanheden and Dynamit-Harry, together with Harry's fiancée Doris, are in Mallorca while Sickan is still in Stockholm. However, Wall-Enberg talks him into doing a break-in at Las Palmas cathedral in Mallorca. Once persuaded, he can't resist the temptation and travels to Mallorca as well. However, Wall-Enberg obviously can't be trusted. Sickan is framed, caught and put in jail. While being escorted home to Sweden again, Vanheden and Harry sets up a plan to break him free. Sickan, once free, wants payback. The gang discover that an antiques dealer called Germann has something to do with the whole thing and that she's also collaborating with Wall-Enberg. The gang then decide to take a closer look at her and her antiques and they discover that there's a heist being planned against the cathedral in Palma.
- DirectorGöran CarmbackStarsHelene EgelundHelena BergströmPer MorbergWorld War II through the eyes of a Stockholm waitress.
- DirectorAgneta Elers-JarlemanStarsAnna CarlssonPer EggersBjörn GeddaPeter and Petra are two young children. Two small, small children. No bigger than two little dolls. They belong to the Little People, but their mother and father also think that the Little People need to learn to read and write.
- DirectorOlle HellbomStarsInger NilssonMaria PerssonPär SundbergFed up with their strict parents, Tommy and Annika run away from home, with their friend Pippi Longstocking to look after them in their long trek.
- DirectorOlle HellbomStarsInger NilssonMaria PerssonPär SundbergWith the help of her friends Tommy and Annika, Pippi Longstocking ventures to the South Pacific island Porto Piluse to rescue her father, who was captured by ruthless pirates.
- DirectorHåkan WennbergStarsLars BrandebyHans WiktorssonAnki RahlskogKurt is born in Gothenburg in 1945. His mother is a timid housewife, his father a loud-mouthed tram driver. Already from an early age, Kurt has an ability to make a mess of everything he does. He is secretly in love with a girl in his school, Gudrun, but has to do with the less attractive Gun.
- DirectorAgneta Fagerström-OlssonStarsLena CarlssonUlf FribergBirgitta AhlgrenSeventeen year old Rita grows up in an upper-class Swedish seaside society in 1965, and is very close to her father, Gerhard. Rita rejects the boys from the tennis club, and prefers to go out with Jimmi in his laundry delivery van.
- DirectorOlle HellbomStarsJan OhlssonLena WisborgAllan EdwallEmil visit a country auction, help Lina pull out a tooth and raise his pig to do tricks.
- DirectorGöran GraffmanStarsJonna LiljendahlLiv AlsterlundMonica NordquistMadicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things.
- DirectorColin NutleyStarsHelena BergströmReine BrynolfssonJohannes BrostKaj, Lennart and Robert are 30-somethings who goes out to dance every weekend. At one dance they meet Inger, whom Kaj falls in love with. Kaj has some friends who are playing in a band. The drummer Tommy is known for being the local Casanova, seducing women when ever he gets the chance. It doesn't take him long to have an affair with Inger, behind Kaj's back.
- DirectorClaes ErikssonStarsAnders ErikssonJan RippeKerstin GranlundRoy and Roger decide to close their gasstation for the summer, to try to find where, what and how their lost father is. Roger also falls in love and much more.
- DirectorKjell GredeStarsStellan SkarsgårdKatharina ThalbachKároly EperjesA story of how a Swedish diplomat saved thousands of Hungarian Jews during the final months of World War II.
- DirectorSune Lund-SørensenStarsBjörn SkifsAja Rodas-EvrénJohan UlvesonNicke loves practical jokes.When Pelle, his best friend, is getting married. Nicke is hosting the bachelor party. It will start with the kidnapping of Pelle. Everything goes wrong and Pelle is kidnapped for real by a terrorist group.
- DirectorPelle BerglundStarsStellan SkarsgårdKatja FlintBurkhard DriestSwedish secret agent infiltrate a German terrorist group.
- DirectorPeter DalleStarsBjörn SkifsSuzanne ReuterZara ZetterqvistGöran, Tina and their two children buy a house in a suburb. It is in need of some repairs but Göran believes himself capable of repairing it himself with the help of a few cheap craftsmen. However, the state of the house is much worse than he thought. At the same time, a gang of crooks is searching for the dynamite they hid in the basement some time ago. Göran has to rescue both his wallet from greedy craftsmen as well as his marriage with Tina.
- DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsGösta EkmanKjell BergqvistRolf LassgårdA serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the public parks of Stockholm. The police has trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin Beck believes that the robber may be an important witness.
- DirectorPeter KeglevicStarsGösta EkmanKjell BergqvistRolf LassgårdThe gardener decides to avenge the death of his mentally disturbed wife by killing the men he considers responsible. One of them is a pop star that takes part in a great marathon race in Stockholm. While the killer methodically prepares and patiently awaits his victim, Inspector Beck and his men must determine the exact location of the shooting on 42 kilometers of path before it's too late.
- DirectorCatti EdfeldtStarsPeter ViitanenHans HenrikssonJonas Magnusson13 year old Sixten really wants his father to meet someone he can marry. Without telling his father, he and his friends write an ad for the personal sections.
- DirectorPeter DalleStarsSuzanne ReuterUlla SkoogPeter DalleAn ancient Greek philosopher's comical vision of how life in present day Sweden will play out.
- DirectorGunnar HellströmStarsGunnar HellströmLinda KozlowskiLiv UllmannThe art, life and times of Swedish painter Anders Zorn during the first two decades of the twentieth century.
- DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsStefan SaukEnnio FantastichiniErland JosephsonTwo Swedish business men are kidnapped in Rome by the Mob, and moved to Sicily. Carl Hamilton is sent to Sicily on direct order from the Swedish Government. He is sent to negotiate for their release. Hamiltons partner and best friend, Lundwall, is murdered by the Mob. Hamilton is dragged into a bitter and brutal vendetta between himself and the Mob-leader Don Tommaso.
- DirectorMåns HerngrenHannes HolmStarsTomas von BrömssenUlla SkoogGösta EkmanTorsten Södergren lives in a normal house with his normal family in a completely normal city. Every morning he greets his normal neighbors before getting into his normal car and drives the usual way to his ordinary work at an ordinary bank. But one day he is fired from his work after twenty years of loyal service. Now he is prepared to do anything to get it back...
- DirectorBo WiderbergStarsJohan WiderbergMarika LagercrantzTomas von BrömssenStig, a 15-year-old student, is attracted to the beauty of Viola, his 37-year-old teacher, and she, drawn to his youth and innocence, feels that he is a God-sent relief for her drunken and miserable husband.
- DirectorLasse ÅbergStarsJanne CarlssonLasse ÅbergTed ÅströmJonsson is called back for refresher training. He meets Lövgren, Larsson and others who aren't very serious but instead, see it as an opportunity to have fun for a month away from work.
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsLars NordhStefan LarssonBengt C.W. CarlssonWhere are we humans going? A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. We meet people in the city. People trying to communicate, searching compassion and get the connection of small and large things.
- DirectorReza BagherStarsLinus James NilssonMoraea Myrgren-JohanssonMatias BergstenHenrik is seventeen and dreaming of becoming a professional soccer player. He lives with his parents and two younger siblings. When his mother dies it shakes the family's life. Henrik is the one who has to keep the family together.
- DirectorPer ÅhlinStarsBeppe WolgersJens WolgersHalvar BjörkOn an evening in northern Sweden, during one night when the sun only partially sets, the animated character Dunderklumpen comes from the woods to seek some friends to keep him company. In one man's house, he finds toys belonging to a girl named Camilla and a boy named Jens, and brings them to life, whisking them away to the woods where he lives. This adorable and amusing crew includes a little scaredy-cat lion named Lionel, the demanding Doll, the cute harmonica-playing bear Pellegnillot and the ridiculous Dummy the bunny. Jens, Camilla's brother, sees the kidnapping after hearing the toys' cries for help and follows Dunderklumpen, who is not so quick to surrender his new-found company. They are also followed by Beppe, Jens' father, who is worried for his son traveling alone and is at first unaware of why Jens has run off. He is accompanied by a dutiful bumblebee. As a side plot, Dunderklumpen also has a small locked chest with him that contains a great treasure, and he is pursued by an old nemesis, One-Eye, who seeks the treasure for himself. No one knows what the contents are, but Dunderklumpen and One-Eye are both sure it's priceless.
- DirectorKenne FantStarsSven LundbergMax von SydowAnnika TretowNils lives with his parents in the south of Sweden. He is a naughty boy and teases like the animals on the farm. They should not have him and be happy if he is bewitched one day with his hamster Crumb for punishment by a gnome.
- DirectorHans AlfredsonStarsGösta EkmanMax von SydowBirgitta AnderssonThe patriarch of a seemingly nameless family is a factory owner whose workers transform eggs into specialized tools for scratching certain unreachable human itches. The Father rules both his business and his family with an iron fist. So when The Son rebels against him, it comes as no surprise that The Father doesn't take it very well.
- DirectorKay PollakStarsAnna LindénÖrjan RambergTomas FrykSussie is 15, raised with her alcoholic mother and an absent father. She has lived in several foster homes. Now she gets one last chance with a new family, the Lindgren's who live in a large house by the sea.
- DirectorBjörn GunnarssonStarsJakob EklundKayo ShekoniKent AnderssonDavid has just started working for a large pharmaceutical company and falls madly in love with a young and very beautiful colleague, Angelica.
- DirectorKay PollakStarsMichael NyqvistFrida HallgrenHelen SjöholmA famous international conductor returns to his small childhood town in Sweden for early retirement. He's asked to help with the church choir. He affects the lives of all in the choir.Hardly credible human tale, with many all-too-spelled-out messages, and an obvious Jesus-analogy... but still cute, well-meaning and nicely acted, with an unexpected and haunting final sequence.
Its main character does remain quite anonymous, but I take it that's the point to bring out the development of the surrounding characters.
6 out of 10 from me... - DirectorKjell-Åke AnderssonStarsPeter HaberJohan WiderbergHenrik LinnrosThe 1930s. Sidner's mother Solveig dies in a very unfortunate bicycle accident involving some cows. Sidner, his sister and his father Aron move to Sunne to work at a hotel. Aron tries hard to leave the sweet memories of his wife behind him but that isn't made easier by the fact that he always meets her ghost. Aron gets himself a pen friend, a young girl in New Zealand called Tessa. He starts to dream of beginning a new life on the other side of the world. Will his dreams come true and can they help him to cure his regret over the death of his wife?
- DirectorTage DanielssonStarsPer GrundénGösta EkmanSture EricsonA German business man, Volkswagner, comes to Österlen in the south of Sweden to build Deutschneyland, a gigantic amusement park for German tourists. The local councilors and the member of parliament are all in favor of the idea, although it will turn vast areas into parking lots for cars. The Lindberg family does not like the idea and with the help of a little magic, they start scheming against it.
- DirectorMåns MårlindBjörn SteinStarsEric EricsonEva RöseJonas KarlssonA shiftless loner finds that he suddenly has something worth living for, as he tries to protect the enigmatic love of his life from the men who want to do her harm.Forget about any sci-fi hype or the "world is at stake"-story on a grand scale, as I personally sensed this would be. Sure, we have many urban fantasy elements with its comic book- flirts, stylistics and tongue-in-cheek characters (And so-so effects).
But they are just filmmakers Mårlind/Stein actually opens the emotional window on a psychologically personal level here, as the main core of the film unfolds.
So the strongest reason to enjoy this movie is not its action or thriller bits. It's the moody, harrowing midsection of DD facing his childhood demons of guilt in his hometown. It's an unforgettable nightmare.
This ambitious filmmaking team had something great with the formidable TV-series "De drabbade" a few years back. Let's hope they still have more to come within the Swedish cinema industry- it's much needed!
6 out of 10 from Ozjeppe - DirectorKristian PetriStarsRebecka HemseMichael NyqvistJonas KarlssonEmma, a young author, goes to see Erik, the publishing editor whom she's sent her debut novel. Their meeting leads to a love affair. The middle-aged Erik leaves his wife. What Erik doesn't know is that Emma recently began a relationship with the dramatist Stefan, whose play is also being published by Erik's company. One day Stefan overdoses and is brought to the emergency ward where Erik's wife Ann works as a doctor. These incident is the start of the story about how four people's lives are crossed during ten years, until the four of them finally end up in the same loneliness they started.
- DirectorJan TroellStarsEddie AxbergGudrun BrostUlla AkselsonA working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving from job to job and meeting a variety of individuals who gradually shape his future.
- DirectorPeter FlinthStarsJoakim NätterqvistSofia HelinStellan SkarsgårdArn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman, is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.It's Sweden in the 1100's and focus is on the Swedish royal clan struggle for power and the troubled love story between rural boy-turned monk- turned-knight templar Arn and neighbouring girl Cecilia, before Arn is sent off to
Jerusalem in the crusades. I haven't read the bestselling books which this is based on, and knowing this is a part-saga and soon TV-series to be, I can somewhat overlook the gaps in storytelling.
What I do enjoy is a sound, intriguing (especially the scheming between the church and royal clans) and reliable medieval saga- with touches of "Kingdom of heaven" in the end- that unfortunately never quite peaks. As a cineast swede, I know its market, and notice that the filmmakers are SO focused on keeping a steady course not to fail with such a big production ship like this, that they end up with no real highlights to speak of.
It's steadily paced, never boring and nicely produced. Yet with a major flaw: Arn remains very sketchy as an adult character. We never personally get to know him (he has SO few lines!) as to understand why Cecilia loves him.
All in all, 6 out of 10 from Ozjeppe - DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsOliver LoftéenTuva NovotnyJacob NordensonIn a single night the paths of a random few cross, which inevitably seals their respective destinies. By dawn the city of Stockholm, though seemingly unchanged, to some is very different--if they live to see it.
- DirectorJesper GanslandtStarsJohn Axel ErikssonHolger ErikssonDavid JohnsonThe last summer the five boys are together in Falkenberg. They are now grown up to be young men, on their way out into the world. At least most of them.
- DirectorSuzanne OstenStarsEtienne GlaserPhilip ZandénHenry BronettAn opera director tries to put on a highly unconventional production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, but the cast and crew think all his ideas are terrible.Oh boy, another hyped-up, critically acclaimed movie I waited 20 years to watch... and I'm quite stunned at how bad this is! An almost abysmal attempt at theatrical farce of a Swedish staging of Mozart's "Don Juan" with a new, subversive director that puts more than one spin on its cast and orhcestra ensemble.
Clearly a Fellini-wannabe in its anarchistic spirit and setting, but seriously, any of the scenes between the 15th and 100th minute could be randomly swopped around without making any difference whatsoever. One also might have to be an opera aficionado to appreciate it. I, myself, can't stand opera and that makes this is even more unenduarable.
Opens OK in its chaotic style but snowballs into a heap or really bad, pointless theatre sports ad-libs, with opera song outbursts and loud impromptu dialog that is exhaustingly tiresome.
A few random chuckles and Glaser offers a good performance, but this is among the worst, so-called classic Swedish movies I've ever seen. I honestly, honestly can't see why it is so hailed.
2 out of 10 from Ozjeppe - DirectorKjell SundvallStarsKatarina EwerlöfPeter HaberJessica ZandénSara plans a Christmas party with ex-husbands, current husband Janne, and their families. Booze flows, guests fight and mention sex with Sara. She shockingly announces pregnancy despite Janne's vasectomy. The party descends into chaos.
- DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsPeter StormareRobin LundbergRolf DegerlundAn examination of how the traditions of the Sami villagers in northern Sweden is confronted with modern day society.Poignant plea for a dying way of life!
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsVillmar BjörkmanLola EwerlundMaria LundqvistIn several unrelated stories, the consequences of putting one's foot down - or failing to do so - are explored.A teacher who witnesses a colleague strike a pupil gets ostrasized by the other teachers. The elderly host at a posh party is injured but refuses to have medical attention. A stout bus driver refuses to go on driving unless the one who vandalized his bus steps forward. Two young teen girls go on a drunken spree with friends. An all-male party weekend in the country has unexpected sexual repercussions... Five very different Swedish stories with one big common denominator: peer pressure and what it does to people.
Tragic, powerful on-target snapshots of social awkwardness & spineless-ness, male pride and a sad alcohol culture. Major asset is the acting, which makes me ask: why can't all Swedish movies have such seamless, perfectly and naturally performed dialog all the time? Too bad that we have yet another case of finely written (and shot) stories that don't get the follow-up or resolution they deserve - we never get to know some characters enough to care (like the old man who gets a piece of fireworks in his eye), this movie could've easily lasted 20 min. longer!
6 out of 10 from Ozjeppe - DirectorJohan KlingStarsMichelle MeadowsMichael SegerströmRichard UlfsäterA tragic and comic tale about beautiful and self-absorbed Eva, who cheats on her boyfriend, which becomes the starting point of a slow but relentless descent down to the life of ordinary people and a surprising, but doomed friendship.A "Lost in translation" light, if you like: Young spoiled rich woman and older , unemployed widow both end up working at a McDonald's. Small urban drama of our time's morals is likeable for sure, but the sparse info about most of its characters - which of course is the purpose - also gives the movie itself a anonymous feel of sketchiness... and waay too short a running time. Warm performance by Segerström, and a promising debut by Meadows. Most critical point made about our modern city rut of life, is the fact that the almost only human and kind character gets treated the worst!
5 out of 10 from Ozjeppe. - DirectorAnders BankeStarsPetra NielsenCarl-Åke ErikssonGrete HavnesköldVampires terrorize a city in Norrbotten.A nurse moves with her teen daughter to wintry northern Swedish town, where strange goings-on - particularly at the hospital - soon point to the horror buff's favorite fanged bunch. Fresh, freaky fun take on the vampire genre that winningly admits it's not going to take itself seriously. Surprisingly well-written (well, some loopholes and an ending that takes a very easy way out) with a good WW2 backdrop story, nice teenage lingo and many humorous nods to the genre. And, I hate to say this but... for a Swedish movie in this genre, it's reliably acted and really colorfully made!
- DirectorStig LassebyStarsOlof ThunbergStig GrybeIsa QuenselTwo villains escape from jail in London. They are planning an attack on Agaton Sax. Inspector Lispington and Sax are chasing the two bad guys, but the hunt is hampered by the villains have lookalikes.
- DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsMichael NyqvistNoomi RapaceEwa FrölingA journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.Oh boy, there is probably never a good idea to start comparing a movie to the book it's based on... but here, I can't help myself: The look is perfect... it's the content and its proceedings that will leave the fans of the novel (like me) desperately and frustratingly wanting and the others - (the non-readers of it) probably guessing 'til the cows come home. The novel is a masterpiece, and this butchers most unfortunately its depth, characterizations (more dialog, please! We almost NEVER get into any of its characters, actions... and suspense. Why it's still not bad is because the basic set-up styis so original.
- DirectorErik GandiniStarsSilvio BerlusconiFlavio BriatoreFabio CalviA look at segments of the Italian population who are consumed with celebrity worship.
- DirectorLeif MagnussonStarsTomas von BrömssenTanja LorentzonBisse UngerSwedish poet Carl Michael Bellman (1740-95) and his wife Lovisa live in a happy but poor relation in Stockholm. He is trying in vain to get the collection Fredman's Epistles issued, while she is struggling to raise money for the family.
- DirectorMats ArehnStarsBjörn KjellmanLivia MillhagenAnki LidénOskar lives alone in an apartment in Stockholm. Fifteen years earlier, his wife was hit and killed by a car driven by a drunk politician. The offender was never convicted. Oskar has never reconciled with his wife's destiny. He decides to take matters into his own hands.
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsElisabeth HelanderJörgen NohallJan WikbladhYou, the Living is a film about humankind, its greatness and its baseness, joy and sorrow, its self-confidence and anxiety, its desire to love and be loved.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBertil GuvePernilla AllwinKristina AdolphsonTwo young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.This is Ingmar Bergman's Life and Times of a wealthy theater family in 1907 Stockholm, mainly told from the eyes of young Alexander as his mother is widowed and remarries a harsh bishop, moving into his churh estate. Fairly gripping, gorgeously photographed and opulently produced, with a marvellous performance from Malmsjö... but mainly more curious than involving. Why? Many scenes seem to be from completely different films altogether, patched up to a huge quilt with unfitting seams, such as juxtaposing the children's ghostly torment from their stepfather (Alexander's head-to-head battles of will with him IS a highlight), with unrelated, rambunctious content from the family's head estate. The relatives fates from the first act are mostly totally detached from the remaining main story (Emilie, her failed re-marriage and the children's torment; they all honestly don't evoke terribly much emotional sympathy. And we also really have no other sign of the family's togetherness than their spoken words, which gives this film a most disjointed, highly inconsistent feel and many gaps in the storyline. Bergman's love for the theater is of course clear, both in establishing the family's relation to it, as well as much of the overly theatrical acting/line delivery, heavily spiritual & religious symbolism and solemn theme presentation (with a nod to August Strindberg at the end). That style is of course a matter of preference, and I'm not a huge fan of it, presented this way. And one major question really arises: where the hell is Fanny in this movie? A character that has its name in the title, is left seemingly completely unimportant for anything in the story - huh?
- DirectorMaria BlomStarsSofia HelinDaniel GötschenhjelmVilde HelmersonNina Frisk is a flight attendant who loves flying. She is happy above the clouds, far away from her dysfunctional family and superficial love life. But then one day Nina meets Marcus and his son William, and falls helplessly in love. For the first time ever in her life, Nina begins to long for a family of her own. But Nina soon discovers that life on earth can be just as turbulent as in the sky.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsVictor SjöströmBibi AnderssonIngrid ThulinAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.
- DirectorColin NutleyStarsTomas FrykThomas HanzonJan MybrandA group of army conscripts realize that the army has vast resources that don't get used as much as they could. Using army material, they start to do services for people in the neighborhood. More and more money is exchanged, more and more people get involved, but when will someone reveal the truth to someone who they can't pay?
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsAnn-Sofie KylinRolf SohlmanAnita LindblomTwo teenagers fall in love over the summer, in spite of cynical and disapproving adults who dismiss their relationship as being nothing but young love.
- DirectorJan HalldoffStarsGöran StangertzAnn ZachariasMarianne AminoffAn officers kadett is dismissed because of his strange behavior. At work he is considered deranged. At home he is dominated by his mother and fiancee. He manages to get a temporary job as a biology teacher, leave home and rent a room. He begins to flirt with a student.
- DirectorBirgitta SvenssonStarsMarianne AminoffMaria AnderssonWillie AndréasonMackan's real name is Margaret. She is 14 and move a lot because her father is employed at the Railroad Company. In a small town she meets Kenneth.He is 18 and the coolest guy in town. Their relationship is a major triumph for Mackan.
- DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsAndreas WilsonHenrik LundströmGustaf SkarsgårdA teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back.
- DirectorLars-Eric KjellgrenStarsNils PoppeGunnar BjörnstrandJulia CæsarThe station-master Fabian Bom is a very meticulous person, and he makes sure that the train leaves exactly - on the second. To him, nothing could be more important than duty, efficiency and punctuality, in fact, his sense of duty is clearly perverted. His beloved Plum-Plum, the major's daughter, is infatuated with army officers. To regain her attention, he joins the army. Bom becomes a soldier who loves the military training, long marches as well as hard labour as punishment. He meets Agnes, who falls madly in love with him.
- DirectorMats ArehnStarsChristopher PlummerThomas HellbergCarolyn SeymourA Swedish diplomat travels to a civil war in a Latin American country. His mission is to mediate between the two extremist groups.
- DirectorGunnar HöglundStarsJan OhlssonUlf HasseltorpBörje AhlstedtWhen Dantes parents goes on vacation, Dante and his buddy Tvärsan get the chance to play detectives.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsBrasse BrännströmMariann RudbergElse-Marie BrandtHypochondriac Lasse can and does pull the girls with no trouble, although for a short while this causes a real and painful health problem. Meeting Lena while delivering papers - the nearest he has got to his favoured career of journalism - he finds himself getting serious. But he seems unable, or unwilling, to give up the girls, his phobia, and work-shy lifestyle. Something will have to give.
- DirectorBo WiderbergStarsJohan BergmanMagnus HärenstamMonica ZetterlundSix year old Johan, a.k.a. Fimpen, loves football. One day his talents are discovered. It doesn't take long before Fimpen gets to travel around with the national team. Fimpen becomes an idol and media wants a piece of him all the time. It gets hard to catch up in school.
- DirectorClaes ErikssonStarsAnders ErikssonKerstin GranlundClaes ErikssonThe weaponfactory in Rotum is selling weapons illegal, a person called 'Leif' writes in the local newspaper. He must be stopped, even if what he has written happens to be true. Gunnar Volt and some of the other workers at the factory sets out to catch him.
- DirectorMats ArehnRolf BörjlindGösta EkmanStarsGösta EkmanSten LjunggrenGunnar 'Knas' LindkvistA man wakes up in his apartment after a wild party. His best buddy comes by. They find a woman on the couch showing no signs of life.
- DirectorKjell-Åke AnderssonStarsRolf LassgårdMaria LundqvistJerka JohanssonAutumn 1978 in suburban Sweden. Everything seems to be fine with the middle class Bendrick family with their two teenage children and a younger son, until the mother starts seeing her first love again after 20 years. Just like their badly built house, the family façade starts slowly crumbling into pieces. The daughter, 15, finds her first love, and the boys too are puzzled by their own questions around adolescence and sexuality. The father tries to keep up a happy face, while the youngest son is the first and the most sensitive to realize how the family is heading towards a disaster.
- DirectorJan HalldoffStarsLauritz FalkBert-Åke VargLars AmbleThe office of Levin's PR agency be decorated for the company party. The staff retiring for the day of giggly mood and goes home to get changed for the evening's other pleasures.
- DirectorTage DanielssonStarsHanna ZetterbergDan HåfströmBörje AhlstedtRonja, the only child of robber chief Mattis must learn to survive the dangers of her local wilderness. In secret she also befriends Birk, the son of a rivaling robber Borka.