''A Summer Tale'' is a

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comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

. Its original Swedish title is ''Den bästa sommaren'', which means "The Best Summer". Written and directed by

Ulf Malmros Ulf Peter Vilhelm Malmros (born 16 March 1965) is a Swedish screenwriter and film director. Career At age of 13 Malmros started making home movies. Later he moved to Stockholm and studied at Dramatiska Institutet. In 2006 Malmros received t ...

, the film stars

Kjell Bergqvist Kjell Bertil Leonard Bergqvist (born 23 February 1953 in Enskede, Stockholm County) is a Swedish actor. Bergqvist finished the Royal Dramatic Training Academy in 1973 and made his debut in '' En enkel melodi'' and ''Jack''. He has since coope ...

Rebecca Scheja Ania Rebecca Scheja (born 26 January 1989) is a Sweden, Swedish actress, disc jockey (DJ), singer, songwriter and record producer. She is the daughter of Staffan Scheja, Staffan and Marianne Scheja and sister of Leonard Scheja. As a student she at ...

, Cecilia Nilsson, and

Brasse Brännström Brasse Brännström (real name Lars Erik Brännström; 27 February 1945 – 29 August 2014) was a Swedish actor and comedian. Brännström attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. In 1970, he gained fame alongside Magnus Härenstam a ...

, and was produced by

Zentropa Zentropa, or Zentropa Entertainments, is a Danish film company started in 1992 by director Lars von Trier and producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen. Zentropa is named after the train company Zentropa in the film ''Europa'' (1991), which started the colla ...

and

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Plot

The film takes place in 1958 in

Molkom Molkom () is a locality situated in Karlstad Municipality, Värmland County Värmland County (''Värmlands län'') is a county or '' län'' in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as ...

, where two children, Mårten from

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and Annika from

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, will be "summer children" to Yngve Johansson, who every summer takes children to his home, but it has been bad earlier years. In the beginning Mårten and Annika don't like Yngve, but they love each other more and more and they also start liking Yngve. Maybe he isn't as bad as they think? This summer'll move everything in their life for all future.

Cast

as ''Yngve Johansson'' *

Anastasios Soulis Anastasios Soulis (born 8 January 1987) is a Swedish actor. He was born to a Greek father, Georgios Soulis and a Finnish mother, Katariina Nerg. Selected filmography *2000 - '' Den bästa sommaren'' *2001 - '' Hem ljuva hem'' *2001 - '' Grynings ...

as ''Mårten'' *

as ''Annika'' * Cecilia Nilsson as ''Miss Svanström'' *

as ''Sven'' *

Marcus Hasselborg Marcus Sven Erland Hasselborg (born 7 January 1986 in Stockholm)https://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0368416/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm is a Swedish actor and curler. He played second for Sweden at the 2006 World Men's Curling Championships, and he finish ...

as ''Harald, Sven's son'' *Gachugo Makini as ''Jacques'' *

Göran Thorell Göran Thorell (born 24 May 1954 in Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. He studied at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting. Selected filmography *2012 - '' The Hypnotist'' *2005 - '' Wallander – Afrikanen'' *2004 - ...

as ''Erik Olsson, man working for Barnavårdsnämnden'' *

Ann Petrén Ann Louise Maria Petrén (born 25 May 1954) is a Swedish actress, and daughter to Folke Petrén and Maud Jacobsson. She was educated at Malmö Theatre Academy and works at Stockholm City Theatre. In 2003, Petrén received a Guldbagge Award fo ...

as ''Mrs Ljungström'' * Eivin Dahlgren as ''Headwaiter'' * Anna Kristina Kallin as ''Doctor'' *

Ralph Carlsson Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

as ''Priest'' * Jerker Fahlström as ''Postman'' * Johan Holmberg as ''Policeman''

Production

The film was shot at Björkås Herrgård in

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, Restad Gård in

Vänersborg Vänersborg () is a locality and the seat of Vänersborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 23,882 inhabitants (out of a municipal total of 39,591) Until 1997 it was the capital of Älvsborg County, which was dissolved in 1998. Sin ...

, Anten-Gräfsnäs Railway, in Upphärad and in Sjuntorp. It premiered (in Sweden) on 8 March 2000 and is recommended from 7 years.

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