''A Piece of My Heart'' ( sv, En del av mitt hjärta) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

jukebox musical A jukebox musical is a stage musical or musical film in which a majority of the songs are well-known popular music songs, rather than original music. Some jukebox musicals use a wide variety of songs, while others confine themselves to songs perfo ...

film directed by

Edward af Sillén Edward af Sillén (born 1982 in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil) is a Swedish screenwriter and director for stage, film and TV. He has translated and directed many highly successful theatre shows including ''Twelfth Night'' by William Shakespear ...

and written by based on music by

Tomas Ledin Tomas Folke Jonas Ledin (; born 25 February 1952) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He grew up in the town of Sandviken, Sweden and has sold 3 million records. Career Tomas Ledin started his career in 1972 when ...

. The title is taken from Ledin's

Grammis The Grammis are music awards presented annually to musicians and songwriters in Sweden. The oldest Swedish music awards, they were instituted as a local equivalent of the Grammy Awards given in the United States. The awards ceremony is generall ...

award-winning song " En del av mitt hjärta". The lead role is played by

Malin Åkerman Malin Maria Åkerman (born 12 May 1978) is a Swedish actress. In the early 2000s, she had several small television and film parts in both Canadian and American productions, including ''The Utopian Society'' (2003) and ''Harold & Kumar Go to Whi ...

, starring in her first Swedish film, with an ensemble cast featuring Christian Hillborg,

Jonas Karlsson Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson (born 11 March 1971) is a Swedish actor and author. Karlsson was born in Salem. He won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in 2004 for the movie ''Details''. He published his first book, a collection of short stories, in ...

, Per Andersson,

Shima Niavarani Shima Niavarani ( fa, شیما نیاورانی; born 7 July 1985 in Teheran) is an Iranian-Swedish actress and singer. She has performed in theater, film, television and radio in over 40 productions. Niavarani got her breakthrough at the age o ...

Johan Ulveson Karl Johan Magnus Ulveson (born 30 May 1954) is a Swedish actor and comedian. Most famous for appearing in ''Lorry'', ''c/o Segemyhr'' and '' Parlamentet''. Ulveson grew up in Stockholm, graduated in Malmö and started his career at Norrbotten ...

Johan Rheborg Carl Johan Rheborg (born 5 June 1963) is a Swedish comedian, actor and script writer. He is a member of the Swedish comedy group Killinggänget. Rheborg is probably most known for his role as the space hero Kenny Starfighter, the irresponsible P ...

, and

Marie Richardson Marie Elisabet Richardson (born 6 June 1959) is a Swedish stage, film, and television actress. She studied at the Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm from 1982 to 1985 and has been employed by The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm ever since. Richa ...

. The film was produced and filmed in Sweden by Unlimited Stories. It was released on 25 December 2019. When interviewed about the film, Ledin expressed how amazed he was by the quality of the script and how happy he was to be part of something like this. He also suggested that three or four of the songs are much better than his original. Af Sillén described the film as an "all in-musical comedy" with a great ensemble and big, lavish shownumbers.

Plot

The plot follows Isabella, a successful business woman in the financial district of Stockholm, who returns to her small-town home to celebrate her father's birthday, only to find her teenage crush is marrying her childhood best friend. She also realises that her successful dealings in Stockholm will cause the closing of an important local industry.

Cast

as Isabella ** Lovisa Bengtsson as young Isabella * Christian Hillborg as Simon ** Egon Ebbersten as young Simon *

as Molly ** Náthalie Andersson as young Molly * Per Andersson as Kristoffer *

as Edvin *

as Greta *

as The Boss *

as Rune

Release

''A Piece of My Heart'' was released on 25 December 2019 in Sweden.

Nordisk Film Nordisk Film A/S (lit. "Nordic Film") is a Danish entertainment company established in 1906 in Copenhagen by filmmaker Ole Olsen. It is the fourth-oldest film studio in the world behind the Gaumont Film Company, Pathé, and Titanus ...

will look after the Scandinavia roll-out, with the release in Finland set for 3 January 2020. On 25 October 2019, it was announced that

Björn Ulvaeus Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (; born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, producer, a member of the musical group ABBA, and co-composer of the musicals ''Chess'', '' Kristina från Duvemåla'', and '' Mamma Mia!'' He co-produced the films ...

has arranged an English dub of the film. He worked with Swedish songwriter

Andreas Carlsson Andreas Carlsson (; born 3 April 1973) is a Swedish music producer and pop songwriter. Biography Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2000. In January 2001, former Cheiron-members Andreas Carlsson, Kri ...

to produce English versions of Ledin's songs, recorded by the original Swedish cast. In November 2019, private previews of the English version were screened for invited guests in the hope of establishing a further international release. Ledin asked Ulvaeus if he would be interested in writing English lyrics for his songs as they are long time friends. The film's release in Israel, Taiwan and Poland is already confirmed.

Reception

Accolades

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External links

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