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Films from the country "suede", sorted by production date
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The Girl (2009)
, 1h36Directed by Fredrik Edfeldt
Origin Suede
Genres Drama
Actors Shanti Roney, Tova Magnusson, Leif Andrée, Henric Holmberg
Une fillette se retrouve seule avec sa tante immature pendant que sa famille participe à une mission humanitaire en Afrique. Par un ingénieux stratagème, elle parvient à éloigner sa tante et reste seule maîtresse dans sa maison isolée à la campagne. Durant ces quelques jours de solitude, la « Fille » expérimente l’amitié décevante, l’éveil du corps et des sensations inconnues allant de la tendresse à l’inconsolable tristesse. Au retour de ses parents, la fillette est devenue une adolescente.
Metropia (2009)
, 1h26Directed by Tarik Saleh
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Animation
Themes Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Vincent Gallo, Juliette Lewis, Udo Kier, Stellan Skarsgård, Alexander Skarsgård, Sofia Helin
In a future Europe the world is running out of oil. A gigantic underground network is created by joining all the undergrounds together beneath Europe. Roger (Vincent Gallo), from a suburb of Stockholm, avoids the underground because he finds it disturbing. Sometimes when he is too near the underground he hears a strange voice in his head. One day Roger stumbles upon the truth that his life is controlled in every detail. Trexx, the company that runs the mammoth European rail network, has found a way to read and control minds using the dandruff shampoo "Dangst", with the goal of creating a highly efficient advertising system. In order to break free, Roger joins forces with super-model Nina (Juliette Lewis), the former model and spokeswoman for Dangst.
, 2h28Directed by Daniel Alfredson
Origin Suede
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Tehilla Blad, Lena Endre, Mikael Spreitz, Georgi Staykov
The film begins at the conclusion of the The Girl Who Played with Fire. Salander is airlifted to a hospital in Gothenburg, to recover from gunshot wounds inflicted by her father, Zala. She is cared for by Dr. Anders Jonasson, who prevents anyone except Annika Giannini, her lawyer, from visiting.
, 2h32Directed by Niels Arden Oplev
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about families, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Serial killer films, Rape and revenge films, Auto-justice
Actors Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Sven-Bertil Taube, Tehilla Blad, Peter Haber
In December 2002, Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, loses a libel case involving allegations he published about billionaire financier Hans-Erik Wennerström. He is sentenced to three months in prison and a hefty fine. Lisbeth Salander, a brilliant but damaged surveillance agent and hacker, is hired by Henrik Vanger, the patriarch of the wealthy Vanger family, to investigate Blomkvist. Vanger then hires Blomkvist to investigate the disappearance of his niece, Harriet, who vanished on Children's Day in 1966. Vanger believes that Harriet was murdered by a family member.
Mammoth (2009)
, 2h5Directed by Lukas Moodysson
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Gael García Bernal, Michelle Williams, Marife Necesito, Sophie Nyweide, Tom McCarthy, Doña Croll
Leo and Ellen are a successful New York couple, totally immersed in their work. Leo is the creator of a booming gaming website, and has stumbled into a world of money and big decisions. He has to board a business flight to Thailand in order to sign a contract. What ensues in the next few days is a critique on the social dilemmas that result from globalization.
, 2h9Directed by Daniel Alfredson
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about families, Films about journalists, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Andersson, Sven-Bertil Taube, Per Oscarsson
With her new wealth, Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) purchases an apartment in Stockholm. On returning to Sweden after nearly a year living abroad, Salander reconnects with her former lover Miriam Wu (Yasmine Garbi) and offers her free use of her previous apartment in return for forwarding her mail. Later, Salander confronts her guardian, Nils Bjurman (Peter Andersson) after hacking into his mail and discovering he has an appointment booked with a tattoo removal specialist. Threatening him with his own gun, she warns him not to remove the tattoo that she etched on his abdomen as revenge for sexually abusing her, marking him as "a pervert, a rapist and a sadistic pig".
Involuntary (2008)
, 1h38Directed by Ruben Östlund
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Pour célébrer un anniversaire en fanfare, Villmar s’amuse avec des pétards. Quand il est grièvement blessé à l’œil par l’un des explosifs, il fanfaronne et minimise l’incident. Deux blondes préados jouent aux bimbos et se lancent des défis, dans lesquels l’alcool et les poses d’allumeuses montent en puissance. Excédé que l’un de ses passagers ait détérioré le rideau des toilettes de son car, un chauffeur intime au coupable de se dénoncer. Une enseignante zélée met la pression sur ses collègues. Alors qu’un groupe d’hommes mariés fait la fête, Leffe, qui a beaucoup bu, débride ses pulsions homosexuelles et pousse l’un de ses amis dans ses derniers retranchements…
Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)
, 1h43Directed by Ella Lemhagen
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Homoparentalité, LGBT-related film
Actors Gustaf Skarsgård, Tom Ljungman, Antti Reini, Anders Lönnbro, Richard Ulfsäter
The film chronicles the experience of a gay Swedish couple, Sven (Torkel Petersson) and Göran Skoogh (Gustaf Skarsgård) as they move into a new suburban neighborhood and adopt a child, beginning with their welcoming party. After meeting their new neighbors and settling into their jobs, they decide to adopt a child. Although they are married, no country is willing to let a gay couple adopt any of its children. After initially being turned down by the adoption agency, a Swedish orphan becomes available, whom they readily agree to adopt. However, a typographical error on the papers changed the child's age from "15" to "1.5". When their new son Patrik (Tom Ljungman) arrives, they are shocked to find him a troubled teenager with a criminal background.
Let the Right One In (2008)
, 1h55Directed by Tomas Alfredson
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Vampires in film, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about school violence, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Elif Ceylan, Peter Carlberg, Tom Ljungman
Oskar, a meek 12-year-old boy, resides with his mother Yvonne in the western Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1981 and occasionally visits his father Erik in the countryside. It is not clear why Erik is living apart from Yvonne, but on one such visit, when Oskar and Erik are enjoying a cosy night playing games, a drunken neighbour arrives and Erik starts to drink heavily with him, breaking up the cosy father/son evening. Oskar collects clippings from newspapers and magazines about grisly murders and pictures of hunting knives. He keeps a knife under his mattress.
You, the Living (2007)
, 1h35Directed by Roy Andersson
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Actors Jessica Nilsson
There is no central plot, but some of the vignettes connect loosely. All the stories show the essential humanity of the characters and address themes of life, existence and happiness.
Solstorm (2007)
, 1h43Origin Suede
Genres Thriller
Actors Izabella Dorota Skorupko, Mikael Persbrandt, Maria Sundbom, Suzanne Reuter, Krister Henriksson, Jakob Eklund
Stockholm attorney Rebecka Martinsson (Izabella Scorupco) receives a call from a childhood friend, telling her that her brother has been murdered inside a church in the village of Kurravaara outside Kiruna. Martinsson returns to her home town in Kiruna and gets involved in the search for the killer.
Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
, 2h19Directed by Peter Flinth
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård, Simon Callow, Vincent Pérez, Bibi Andersson
À la suite d'un accident alors qu'il est encore un jeune enfant, Arn est grièvement blessé. Alors qu'il guérit, sa famille, ayant prié Dieu si fort, estime qu'il est de leur devoir de confier Arn aux moines. Il sera élevé dans une foi profonde, tandis qu'un moine, le frère Guilbert, un ancien templier, lui enseigne l'honneur et le maniement des armes. Très vite le jeune Arn développe des talents insoupçonnés, devenant un homme de grande valeur, tant morale que physique.
Exit (2006)
, 1h44Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Mads Mikkelsen, Alexander Skarsgård, Samuel Fröler, Börje Ahlstedt, Johan Rabaeus, Kirsti Torhaug
Thomas Skepphult est un homme envié de tous : il a une famille adorable et une carrière florissante. Le jour où sa société est sur le point de conclure l'affaire du siècle tout va pourtant basculer...
, 1h14Origin Suede
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about insects, Films about birds
Actors Loa Falkman, Jens Hultén
Cet été, les jeunes Sickan, Vanheden et Harry mettent au point un plan ingénieux pour obtenir un autographe de la célèbre Dani D., qui n'en signe jamais.
, 1h8Origin Suede
Genres Animation
Actors Sten Ljunggren, Shanti Roney, Rikard Wolff, Ola Rapace, Måns Nathanaelson
The pig Desmond and his friends are haunted by the terrible monster Träskpatraske. Granted, they are not sure he even exists, but who else could have snatched evil Wille's electric guitar, Sebastian Hare's boxing gloves and Bittan Cow's stock of makeup?