''Bloodbrothers'' ( sv, Blodsbröder) is a 2005 Swedish crime film directed by

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 w ...

starring

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 in ...

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 20 ...

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 ...

, 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 ''Sökarna'' (literally "The Searchers") is a 1993 Swedish crime film directed by Daniel Fridell and Peter Cartriers. Liam Norberg stars as Jocke, a young criminal who after serving jail time becomes a successful bank robber and drug dealer. The s ...

'', released more than ten years later.

Reception

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 ...

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 newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. History and profile The first issue of ''Svenska Dagbladet'' appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the ...

, Jeanette Gentele called it "exciting, well exectued and a little bit amusing" ("spännande och välgjord och även litet rolig") while Jan-Olov Andersson called it "better than expected" in

Aftonbladet ''Aftonbladet'' (, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. History and profile The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan H ...

References

External links

* 2005 drama films 2005 films Films directed by Daniel Fridell Swedish drama films 2000s Swedish-language films 2000s Swedish films {{2000s-Sweden-film-stub