''Holy Mess'' () is a
Swedish comedy film which premiered on 13 November 2015. The film is directed by
Helena Bergström
Helena Kristina Bergström Nutley (; born 5 February 1964) is a Swedish actress and film director. From an acting family, she began her career in 1982. She has appeared on the stages of the Royal Dramatic Theatre (''Dramaten'') and the Stockhol ...
who also wrote the script along with
Edward af Sillén
Edward af Sillén (born 25 September 1982 in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil) is a Swedish screenwriter and director for stage, film and TV. He has translated and directed numerous successful theatre shows including ''Twelfth Night'' by William ...
and
Daniel Réhn. The film shows how relations become strained at Christmas Eve celebrations in a modern Swedish family.
Plot
The film is centering around Simon (
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 - '' Grynin ...
) and Oscar (
Anton Lundqvist), a gay couple that is expecting a child along with their close friend Cissi (
Rakel Wärmländer
Rakel Amalia Wärmländer, née ''Zacharias'', (born 3 October 1980) is a Swedish actress. She started with theater work at the age of nine in the play ''Kalas i Lönneberga'' at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. When she was nineteen she mo ...
). The problem is that their respective families don't know about this pregnancy yet, and what better time to tell their families than Christmas Eve.
Roles
*
Maria Lundqvist – Monica
*
Robert Gustafsson
Carl Robert Olof Gustafsson (born 20 December 1964) is a Swedish comedian, actor, and member of ''Killinggänget''.
References
External links
Official homepage
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gustafsson, Robert
1964 births
Living people
Swedish male ...
– Ulf
*
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 - '' Grynin ...
– Simon
*
Anton Lundqvist – Oscar
*
Rakel Wärmländer
Rakel Amalia Wärmländer, née ''Zacharias'', (born 3 October 1980) is a Swedish actress. She started with theater work at the age of nine in the play ''Kalas i Lönneberga'' at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. When she was nineteen she mo ...
– Cissi
*
Michalis Koutsogiannakis Michalis is a Greek masculine given name.
People with the name
* Michalis Agrimakis (born 1992), Greek footballer
* Michalis Alexandropoulos (born 1972), retired Greek male indoor volleyball and beach volleyball player
* Michalis Arkadis, Gree ...
– Millitiadis
*
Inga Landgré
Inga Linnéa Landgré (née ''Lundgren''; 6 August 1927 – 31 July 2023) was a Swedish actress who worked in theatre, television, and films from the 1940s on.
Early life and career
Inga Landgré was born in Stockholm on 6 August 1927. Her fath ...
– Gunn-Britt
*
Helena Bergström
Helena Kristina Bergström Nutley (; born 5 February 1964) is a Swedish actress and film director. From an acting family, she began her career in 1982. She has appeared on the stages of the Royal Dramatic Theatre (''Dramaten'') and the Stockhol ...
– Carina
*
Kajsa Ernst – Annica
* Peshang Rad – Rami
*
Gustav Levin – Håkan
*
Frida Beckman – Sofia
* Neo Siambalis – Alex
* Paulina Pizarro Swartling – Ebba
*
Rikard Wolff
Jan Rikard Wolff (8 April 1958 – 17 November 2017) was a Swedish actor and singer. His career included both film roles in '' House of Angels'' and its two sequels and theatre roles such as in ''Waiting for Godot'' at Royal Dramatic Theatre, an ...
– julvärd
*
Kerstin Widgren – Lady in the Subway sandwich store
Remake
A Finnish remake of the film was released in 2022 under the title ''
Kulkuset kulkuset''.
See also
*
List of Christmas films
Many Christmas stories have been Christmas film, adapted to feature films and TV specials, and have been broadcast and repeated many times on television. Since the popularization of home video in the 1980s, these films are sold and re-sold every ...
References
External links
* {{IMDb title
Swedish LGBTQ-related films
2015 LGBTQ-related films
LGBTQ-related comedy films
Swedish Christmas comedy films
2010s Christmas comedy films
2015 comedy films
2010s Swedish films
2010s Swedish-language films