“My ten favorites to win the Guldbaggens public prize”
“Cannes-winner ”Limit”? The movie about Ted Gärdestad? Landscape smågangsters in ”Goliath”? Or the documentary about the so-called ”sexflotten”?”
“It’ll be fierce competition about which movie should win the Guldbaggens public prize.”
“the Whole 47 Swedish films will compete. Some of them have a large portion of the audience probably barely heard of.”
“It does not automatically mean that they are without a chance in this publikomröstning. It has been shown that part a little thinner films may have fewer, but more dedicated, fans. Last year it was, for example, narrowly being the by far most popular film, ”the Sunny side”, made it to the final voting.”
“the Second phase of voting starts on January 9 next year. Then with the ten movies that received the most votes.”
“these ten films, in alphabetical order, I think, is worth to go on to the next round:”
” ► Amateurs. Gabriela Pichlers sequel to fourfold Guldbaggevinnaren ”Eat, sleep, die”. A tragic-comic portrayal of life in an industrial town with high unemployment. An inventive local politicians and the two teenage girls stands in the centre.”
” ► Bergman – a year, a life. Jane Magnusson’s documentary about Ingmar Bergman’s life and career, starting with the insanely productive year 1957. Won the prize as best documentary at the European filmgalan.”
” ► the Raft. Marcus Lindeens documentary about the so-called ”sexflotten”. In 1973, six women and five men across the Atlantic on a raft in a strange scientific experiments. Now they meet again, to tell you what really happened on board.”
” ► the Limit. Ali Abbasis hybrid of horror, fantasy, love story and black comedy with Eva Melander in the role of a tulltjänstekvinna with remarkable properties. Won first prize in the Cannes festival sidosektion Un Certain Regard.”
” ► Goliath. ”Tjuvheder”-director Peter Grönlunds other movie is about a bunch of smågangsters in a östgötsk an industrial town. ”The godfather” in the region, approximately. With non-professional actors who are convincing in all the roles.”
” ► Happier none can be. Swedish kärlekskomedi in ”Love actually”-style that received very mixed reception from reviewers. I was amused by David Hellenius, Helena af Sanderberg, Sanna Sundqvist, Celie Sparre, Kjell Bergqvist, and many more.”
” ► Ted – for the sake of love. Adam Pålsson convinces great in the role as Ted Gardestad, popular teen idol in the 1970s. The film depicts both the rise and fall. Mental illness did that he took the life of 41-year-old. But the music has lived on.”
” ► Trädgårdsgatan. A harrowing depiction of a dysfunctional family, in the same spirit and class as ”Pigsties”. Simon J Berger and Karin Franz Körlof play the pair as super, knarkar and sell her body (she is) to make life go together.”
” ► Tårtgeneralen. Filips & Fredriks debut as spelfilmsregissörer based on their own book. Based on a true story of a easy crazy about you (Mikael Persbrandt in the movie) kicks off a somewhat insane project when Köping appointed as Sweden’s most boring city.”
” ► Young Astrid. The gripping story of Astrid Lindgren as a very, very young. How she starts working at a newspaper, how she becomes pregnant with the boss and how she tries to move on after that. With the Alba in August in the lead role.”
