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Blodsbröder
''Bloodbrothers'' ( sv, Blodsbröder) is a 2005 Swedish crime film directed by Daniel Fridell starring Liam Norberg, Thorsten Flinck, Sofia Helin, Thomas Hedengran and Noomi Rapace. The film released on 2 December 2005 in Sweden. Plot 30-year-old Jon is released after seven years in prison and decides to put all his criminal activities behind him and start a new life. Cast Production ''Blodsbröder'' was filmed on a very small budget of 500,000 SEK and took three years to make. The movie is an independent sequel to Fridell's earlier movie '' Sökarna'', released more than ten years later. Reception Fredrik Strage called ''Blodsbröder'' a "total collapse" ("totalkollaps") in a review in Dagens Nyheter. Esbjörn Guwallius, writing for Swedish film site film.nu, described it as a "positive surprise", while noting that many would probably call it a fiasco. Writing for Svenska Dagbladet ''Svenska Dagbladet'' (, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily newspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Norberg
Magnus Liam Norberg né ''Lars Magnus Norberg'' (born 30 December 1969) is a Swedish actor, author, artist, and former criminal. He has acted in several films before and after his imprisonment, such as ''Sökarna'' and ''Blodsbröder''. He was involved in two major robberies in the 1990s and served time in prison for both. Since his release, he has lectured about his Christian faith and continued his acting career, as well as writing and publishing several books about his life experiences. Career Norberg grew up in Hagsätra, to the south of Stockholm. In 1987 he acted in the film ''Stockholmsnatt''. In 1990, he was an accomplice in the Gotabanken robbery (also known as the 930 million-coup) – the robbery of an armored car which was the largest in Swedish history. Three years later, around the same time as he made his breakthrough in acting in the film ''Sökarna'', he was arrested for another robbery of an armored car which took place three years earlier in Gothenburg. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Fridell
Daniel Fridell (born 31 March 1967) is a Swedish film director and producer. Early life Daniel Fridell grew up in Stockholm, Sweden. According to an interview in ''Aftonbladet'', Daniels grandmother, Saga Sjöberg, introduced him to filmmaking when at the age of six she gave him a Super 8 camera for Christmas. His first film "Squirrel Fight" featuring two ''Star Wars'' dolls and a squirrel premiered at the local daycare. Film career In 1993, while attending Kulturama Film Academy in Sweden, Daniel and actor Liam Norberg used the schools cameras at night and made the first of numerous Scandinavian hits, ''Sökarna'' (English:''The Searchers'') in 1993. The main actor Liam Norberg was arrested at the premiere for the film for the biggest robbery in Northern Europe. The film was accused to be financed with some of the 100 million Euros stolen from the bank but the film was still released throughout Scandinavia and went to #1 at the box office. While some of the cast went to prison, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Helin
Sofia Margareta Götschenhjelm-Helin (born 25 April 1972) is a Swedish actress. She was nominated for a Guldbagge Award for her role in ''Dalecarlians'', and stars as Saga Norén in the Danish/Swedish co-produced TV series '' The Bridge'' (Danish: Broen; Swedish: Bron). Early life and education Sofia Helin was born in Hovsta in Örebro, Närke. Her father was a salesman and her mother was a nurse. When she was 10 days old, her grandmother and her six-year-old brother were in a car accident; her grandmother survived, but her brother was killed. From 1994 to 1996, she went to Calle Flygares theatre school and graduated from the Stockholm Theatre Academy in 2001. She was brought up in Linghem, outside Linköping but in 2015 was living in Stockholm. Career Helin played the leading role of Chief Inspector Klara in the film '' At Point Blank'' (''Rånarna'') in 2003. In 2004, she took the leading role of Mia in '' Masjävlar'', and was nominated for a Guldbagge award. In 2007 she pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reine Brynolfsson
Reine Claes-Göran Brynolfsson (born 15 January 1953) is a Swedish actor. He was born in Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has .... Filmography References External links * * 1953 births 20th-century Swedish male actors 21st-century Swedish male actors Eugene O'Neill Award winners Litteris et Artibus recipients Living people People from Gothenburg Best Actor Robert Award winners {{Sweden-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noomi Rapace
Noomi Rapace (; ; born 28 December 1979) is a Swedish actress.Karen Olsson, ''The New York Times Magazine'', 27 May 2012, p. 26. She achieved international fame with her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film adaptations of the ''Millennium'' series (2009): ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'', ''The Girl Who Played with Fire'', and '' The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest''. She has gone on to become an acknowledged actress in American movies. For her performance in the ''Millennium'' series, Rapace won amongst others two Nymphe d'Ors, a Swedish Guldbagge Award and a Satellite Award as Best Actress and was nominated for a BAFTA Award, an International Emmy Award and a European Film Award. She has also starred as Anna in ''Daisy Diamond'' (2007), Leena in ''Beyond'' (2010), Anna in '' The Monitor'' (2011), Madame Simza Heron in '' Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'' (2011), Elizabeth Shaw in ''Prometheus'' (2012), Beatrice in ''Dead Man Down'' (2013), Nadia in '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Ring (rapper)
Ken Ring (born January 29, 1979) is a Swedish rap artist. Career He was born in Hässelby, a suburb west of Stockholm, Sweden. Ken wrote the song "Mamma" about his mother becoming ill and dying of cancer when he was 13 years old; it was his breakthrough song, released in 1999. He released his first studio album later that year, entitled ''Vägen tillbaka'', with the hit single "Eld och djupa vatten". After a show on "Vattenfestivalen" in Stockholm later in 1999, Ken Ring got arrested for performing the song called "Spräng regeringen" in which he rapped about rushing the Royal Palace in Stockholm and raping Princess Madeleine. Because of this controversy Ken's record label ended their cooperation with the rapper, in the year 2000, however, before parting ways, Ken managed to release his second studio album ''Mitt hem blir ditt hem'', through the same label. After that album was released, Ken Ring became what is known as an underground rapper, being unable to find a willing record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malou Hansson
Malou Hansson (born 1983 in Järfälla, Uppland, Sweden) served as Miss Sweden in 2002. She was the first woman with black African ancestry to hold this beauty pageant title. Hansson, competing as "Miss Uppland", was suggested as a potential candidate for the Miss Universe pageant by a celebrity panel, and the viewers selected her as the winner via a telephone poll. She served as Sweden's representative in the Miss Universe 2002 pageant but she did not place in the top 10. Hansson, while the first woman of African ancestry to win the crown, was not the first woman of African ancestry to compete for the title of Miss Sweden. Other black Miss Sweden-contestants during the years have included such as Jessica Folcker (2nd R-UP 1993), ''Ida Sofia Manneh'' (1st R-UP 2001) and her own sister ''Nanna Hansson'' in 2001. Film career Since her time as Miss Sweden ended, Hansson has appeared in several Swedish films in small roles. These include ''Stockholm Boogie'' (2005), ''Blodsbröd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorsten Flinck
Thorsten Flinck (born 17 April 1961 in Solna, Sweden), is a Swedish actor, director, and musician. He is known best for playing psychopaths and villains, and also for his outrageous personality both on stage and in real life. Between 1986 and 2002, Flinck was employed by the Royal Dramatic Theatre. Acting / Directing ;Theater Thorsten Flinck began his involvement with theater in 1977 and graduated from the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting (Teaterhögskolan) in 1984. In theater, he worked at the Dramaten between 1986 and 2002 both as an actor and as a director. There he was best known for ''Herr Puntila'' in 1996, ''Lång dags färd'' in 1998 and ''Den goda människan i Sezuan'' in 1998. He also took part in ''Misantropen'' in 1995, ''Tant Blomma'' in 1993 and ''Romeo och Julia'' in 1991 and at the Uppsala City Theatre he played a lead role in Strindbergs' play ''Gustav III''. With Charlotta Larsson and Lena Nilsson, Flinck formed the "Grupp 98" theater group based a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrik Strage
Per Fredrik Strage (; born 22 December 1972 in Linköping, Sweden) is a Swedish journalist and author who writes about pop culture. Strage's writing career began in the early 1990s at the Swedish fanzine ''New Life''. He has written for several newspapers and magazines, including ''Dagens Nyheter'', '' Pop'', '' Bibel'', '' Månadsjournalen'', ''Nöjesguiden'', '' Billboard'', ''Café'' and '' Sonic''. In 2003 Strage contributed to Belinda Olsson's anthology ''De missanpassade''. In 2016 Strage started the podcast Hemma hos Strage' in which he invites artists to his apartment in Stockholm to drink coffee and talk about their favourite songs. Previous guests include First Aid Kit, Susanne Sundfør, Howlin' Pelle from The Hives, Lydia Lunch, Corey Taylor from Slipknot, Douglas McCarthy from Nitzer Ebb, Michael Stipe from REM, Brett Anderson from Suede, Bobby Gillespie from Primal Scream, Nergal from Behemoth, Perturbator and Father John Misty. Personal life He is married t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Drama Films
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Films Directed By Daniel Fridell
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Films
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy stated on his website, "Despite films like “Crash,” which deals with racism in contemporary America, and geopolitical exposes like ''Syriana'' and ''Munich'', the 2005 movie year may go down in film history as the year of sexual diversity." He went on to emphasize, "It's hard to recall a year in which sex, sexuality, and gender have featured so prominently in American films, both mainstream Hollywood and independent cinema. I am deliberately using the concepts of sexual diversity and sexual orientation, rather than gay-themed movies, because the rather new phenomenon goes beyond homosexuality or lesbianism. For decades, American culture has been both puritanical and hypocritical as far as sexual matters are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
