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Mikael Marcimain
Mikael Marcimain (born 17 March 1970) is a Swedish film and television director. Marcimain has primarily directed advertisements and television dramas, for which he has received several awards. Notable in his filmography are the serials ''Lasermannen (TV series), The Laser Man'' and ''How Soon Is Now? (TV series), How Soon Is Now?'', which were made with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema. Marcimain's first feature film, the political thriller ''Call Girl (2012 film), Call Girl'', was released in autumn 2012. Career Marcimain worked for nine years as an assistant director in the film industry before he was offered to make the one-hour film ''Broken Hearts'' as part of Sveriges Television, SVT Drama's TV series ''A Little Red Package'' (1999). His breakthrough came with the acclaimed miniseries ''Lasermannen (TV series), Lasermannen'' (2005) and ''How Soon Is Now? (TV series), How Soon Is Now?'' (2007). He was awarded the Dagens Nyheter Culture Prize in 2007. In June 2011, he rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangsters (novel)
''Gangsters'' is the tenth novel by Swedish author Klas Östergren, published in 2005. It is a free-standing sequel from 1980 novel ''Gentlemen''. It was translated into English by Tiina Nunnally Tiina Nunnally (born August 7, 1952) is an American author and translator. Early life and education Nunnally was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and St. Louis Park, Minnesota. She was an AFS exchange student to ... in 2009. References External links {{Klas Östergren 2005 Swedish novels Novels by Klas Östergren Swedish-language novels Novels set in Stockholm Albert Bonniers Förlag books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1970 Births
Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 were killed and 26,783 were injured. * January 14 – Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War. * January 15 – After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon. February * February 1 – The Benavídez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 236. * February 10 – An avalanche at Val-d'Isère, France, kills 41 tourists. * February 11 – '' Ohsumi'', Japan's first satellite, is launched on a Lambda-4 rocket. * February 22 – Guyana becomes a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. March * March 1 – Rhodesia severs its last tie with the United Kingdom, declaring itself a republic. * March 4 — All 57 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwater (TV Series)
''Blackwater'' is a Scandinavian television drama made for SVT and ITV Studios by Piv Bernth and Apple Tree Productions. It is an adaptation by Maren Louise Käehne and Arrhenius of Kerstin Ekman's 1993 novel of the same name. It is directed by Karin Arrhenius and Mikael Marcimain, and stars Pernilla August. It had a Swedish premiere date of 23 January 2023 and was in competition at the Göteborg Festival. It has broadcast dates in France and Germany for March 2023. Synopsis The action is set in Blackwater during two time-periods, 1973 and 1991. In the mountains of North Sweden, near the small town of Blackwater, two tourists are found murdered in a tent in 1973. Annie discovers their corpses while making her way to an isolated commune with her young daughter Mia. The local policeman Åke and doctor Birger begin to investigate the crime but are replaced by detectives from Stockholm. Suspects include local residents and commune members. Repercussions of the unsolved murders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horizon Line
''Horizon Line'' is a 2020 English-language Swedish adventure thriller film directed by Mikael Marcimain and starring Alexander Dreymon, Allison Williams and Keith David. The film concentrates on a pair that desperately struggles to survive, flying a small plane over the Indian Ocean after the pilot suffered a fatal heart attack. ''Horizon Line'' was released on 6 November 2020 in Sweden by SF Studios, and in the United States on 12 January 2021 by STXfilms. Plot Sara is at an island bar and is getting ready to head home. She is with a boyfriend and he asks her for one more drink before she goes. He orders, then heads out of the bar (presumably to the bathroom), and she leaves, as she has stated that she "hates goodbyes." Fast forward one year later in London, Sara takes a cab to the airport to leave for a wedding. Visiting Mauritius for her friend's wedding, Sara hooks up with ex-boyfriend Jackson, misses the last boat to the wedding venue on Rodrigues, and hitches a ride o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty (2018 TV Series)
Liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, or a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant (i.e. privilege). It is a synonym for the word freedom. In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society from control or oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views. In theology, liberty is freedom from the effects of "sin, spiritual servitude, rworldly ties". Sometimes liberty is differentiated from freedom by using the word "freedom" primarily, if not exclusively, to mean the ability to do as one wills and what one has the power to do; and using the word "liberty" to mean the absence of arbitrary restraints, taking into account the rights of all involved. In this sense, the exercise of liberty is subject to capability and limited by the rights of others. Thus liberty entails the responsible use of freedom under the rule of law without depriving anyone else of their freedom. Liberty can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
