Country: Sweden
Year: 2008
Duration: 114'
A fragile, anxious boy, 12 years old, Oskar is regularly bullied by his
stronger classmates but never strikes back. One night, while he’s
fantasying about getting revenge, he meets Eli, also 12, who moved
in next door to him with her father. A pale young girl with a weird
smell, she only comes out at night. Coinciding with Eli’s arrival is
a series of inexplicable disappearances and murder. For Oskar, who
is fascinated by gruesome stories, it doesn’t take long before he figures
out a link between Eli and these bloody events.
“When I read John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel I knew that I absolutely had
to share this story on film. This is a story which is both grand literature
and a fantastic drama. Despite of the depressing background
of a leaden grey Sweden, the harsh social conditions, the bullying
and the violence, I see it as a romantic love story with a hopeful
and happy ending. I see the same dynamics between the dark
background and the light foreground as in the stories of Charles
Dickens, or the classical writers of horror, for that matter.”
Biography
film director
Tomas Alfredson
Tomas Alfredson (Stockholm, Sweden, 1965) actor and autodidact filmmaker, directed several short films and TV series, before realizing his first feature film in 2003, Office Hours. He then directed Four Shades of Brown (2004) that won four Gudbagge (the main national film award in Sweden) and partecipated at several international film festivals such as the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and the Chicago International Film Festival.
Alfredson is also a member of the comedy group Killinggänget, which wrote the script for Four Shades of Brown.
FILMOGRAFIA
Bert (ep. Närkontakt i sjätte klassen, ep. Den ohyggligt fule, ep. Erik the Great, ep. Det viktiga är inte att kämpa väl utan att vinna, ep. Min älskling du är som en tulipan, ep. Fega poikar får ibland kyssa vackra flickor, ep. Sjön suger, ep. Hjärnsläpp, ep. Sådan far, sådan son, TV, 1990), Bert - den siste oskulden (Bert: The Last Virgin, TV, 1995), Torsk på Tallinn (Screwed in Tallinn, TV, 1999), Ben och Gunnar (Ben and Gunnar, TV, 1999), Soldater i månsken (Soldiers by Moonlight, TV, 2000), Kontorstid (Office Hours, 2003), Fyra nyanser av brunt (Four Shades of Brown, 2004), Dear Mr Barroso (cm., 2005) Julkalendern (Advent Calendar, TV, 2005), Låt den rätte komma in (Lasciami entrare, 2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director Tomas Alfredson
soggetto/story dall’omonimo romanzo di/from the novel of the same title by John Ajvide Lindqvist
sceneggiatura/screenplay John Ajvide Lindqvist
fotografia/cinematography Hoyte Van Hoytema
montaggio/film editing Daniel Jonsäter
scenografia/production design Eva Norén
costumi/costume design Maria Strid
musica/music Johan Söderqvist
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Kåre Hedebrant (Oskar), Lina Leandersson (Eli), Per Ragnar (Håkan), Henrik Dahl (Erik), Karin Bergquist (Yvonne), Peter Carlberg (Lacke), Ika Nord (Virginia), Mikael Rahm (Jocke), Karl-Robert Lindgren (Gösta), Anders T Peedu (Morgan),Pale Olofsson (Larry)
produttori/producers John Nordling, Carl Molinder
produzione/production EFTI
coproduzione/coproduction Sveriges Television, Filmpool Nord, Sandrew Metronome, WAG
distribuzione/distribution Bolero Film
vendita all’estero/world sales Bavaria Film International
soggetto/story dall’omonimo romanzo di/from the novel of the same title by John Ajvide Lindqvist
sceneggiatura/screenplay John Ajvide Lindqvist
fotografia/cinematography Hoyte Van Hoytema
montaggio/film editing Daniel Jonsäter
scenografia/production design Eva Norén
costumi/costume design Maria Strid
musica/music Johan Söderqvist
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Kåre Hedebrant (Oskar), Lina Leandersson (Eli), Per Ragnar (Håkan), Henrik Dahl (Erik), Karin Bergquist (Yvonne), Peter Carlberg (Lacke), Ika Nord (Virginia), Mikael Rahm (Jocke), Karl-Robert Lindgren (Gösta), Anders T Peedu (Morgan),Pale Olofsson (Larry)
produttori/producers John Nordling, Carl Molinder
produzione/production EFTI
coproduzione/coproduction Sveriges Television, Filmpool Nord, Sandrew Metronome, WAG
distribuzione/distribution Bolero Film
vendita all’estero/world sales Bavaria Film International