''Distant Land'' ( sv, Främmande land) is a 2010 television film directed by

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and Anders Hazelius. The screen play is also written by Niklas Holmgren and Anders Hazelius. The film takes place on

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, an island north of

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in the

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, in

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. Principal photography took place on Fårö and in a studio in

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, Sweden. Fårö is the island where several of

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known ...

s most noted motion pictures was filmed. The film was shot during August, 2008. The film premiered in 2010 in Sweden.

Plot

The film picture two women's sojourn at Fårö. Elisabeth is fleeing from her life in

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because of a family tragedy, to take care of a cabin village. She finds a 13-year-old boy on the beach whom she hides in her house. The actress Cecilia is with a film crew on the island. She mismanage her work and jeopardize her part. She meets 17-year-old Christoffer who turns everything upside down. On the island both women are confronted with their lives and have to face difficult choices.

Cast

* Jonatan Blode *Liv Enqvist *Joakim Jurell *Adam Lundgren *Joel Lützow *Franciska Löfgren * Ulla-Britt Norrman *Camilla Nyberg Waller *

Peter Schildt Ernst Peter Jurgen Schildt (born 9 June 1951 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actor, screenwriter, film director, theatre director, etc. Schildt began acting at Vår teater, a children's theatre in Stockholm, as a child. He participated in theatre ...

*Emma Swenninger *Annika Wallin Öberg

References

External links

* 2010 television films 2010 films Swedish television films 2010s Swedish-language films 2010s Swedish films {{2010s-Sweden-film-stub