''Before the Storm'' (Före stormen) is a drama film directed by Reza Parsa released in 2000.

Synopsis

Leo is a Swedish teenager who is

bullied Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an im ...

at school and Ali is a taxi driver who is blackmailed by terrorists. Surrounded by violence in their lives, both try to solve their problems.

Cast

Per Graffman Per is a Latin preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita. Per or PER may also refer to: Places * IOC country code for Peru * Pér, a village in Hungary * Chapman code for Perthshire, historic county in Scotland Mat ...

as Ali *

Maria Lundqvist Annika Maria Lundqvist (born 14 October 1963) is a Swedish actress and comedian. Born in Gothenburg, Lundqvist studied acting at the Gothenburg Theatre Academy and has since been acting at various Swedish theatres, including the Royal Dramatic ...

as Ali's wife * Emil Odepark as Leo *

Martin Wallström Carl Martin Gunnar Wallström Milkéwitz (born 7 July 1983) is a Swedish television and film actor. A successful actor in his home country, he is best known internationally for his 2015 American debut role as Tyrell Wellick in the USA Network cy ...

as Danne *

Tintin Anderzon Anna Catharina Tintin Anderzon (born 29 April 1964) is a Swedish people, Swedish actress and daughter of actress Kim Anderzon. Biography Anderzon co-starred in the feature film ''Marianne (2011 film), Marianne'' (2011) and has also starred in ma ...

as Leo's mother *

Christer Fant Christer Michael Fant (born 10 March 1953 in Sigtuna, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. He is a son of actor George Fant. He played the valet Melker in the 2011 " Sveriges Radios julkalender" '' Allt du önskar''. In the 80s he hosted the TV program '' ...

as Leo's father * Sasha Becker as Sara * Anni Ececioglu as Jenny * Claes Ljungmark as Johan Sander

Reception

Jonathan Holland of ''

Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...

'' gave the movie a positive review saying that is "strongly scripted and well-played treat convincingly employs thriller elements to make its heavyweight agenda palatable ... Parallels between the two tales of violence and submission are not overdone. Script is content to point out that power games exist at every social level, from the local and domestic to the global, and that the two are not easily disentangled."

References

External links

* Swedish crime drama films Swedish teen drama films Films about bullying Swedish teen films Films about terrorism Films about families 2000 crime drama films 2000s thriller films 2000s Swedish-language films 2000 directorial debut films 2000 films 2000s Swedish films {{2000s-crime-drama-film-stub