''Klassfesten'' ("The Class Reunion") is a 2002

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 ...

comedy/ drama film written and directed by Måns Herngren and

Hannes Holm Hannes Martin Holm (born 26 November 1962 in Lidingö), is a Swedish director and screenwriter. He makes almost all of his films with Måns Herngren. Selected filmography *1983 - '' Interrail'' *1983 - '' Vidöppet'' (Wide Open) (TV-series) ...

. The film stars

Björn Kjellman John Björn Sture Kjellman (born 4 June 1963), is a Swedish actor and singer. Kjellman was born in Östra Grevie, Scania. He played roles in Swedish movies like ''Klassfesten'' and '' Livet är en schlager'', in which he plays a Melodifestival ...

Cecilia Frode Pia Ingela Cecilia Frode is a Swedish actress born on 14 August 1970 in Linköping. Career Frode graduated from the theatre school in Malmö in 1994. She also won a Guldbagge Award for Best Supporting Actress in the Swedish comedy film Klass ...

, Inday Ba,

Henrik Hjelt Henrik Olov August Hjelt (born 6 March 1968, on Lidingö), is a Swedish comedian and actor. He is also a reserve officer in the Swedish Amphibious Corps and a lawyer. Selected filmography *1999-:Parlamentet (The Parliament) *2001: Känd från ...

, Lisa Lindgren and Ulf Friberg. The film was released on 27 February 2002 in Sweden.

Plot

20 years after Magnus Edkvist (

) graduated from the ninth grade in Hagsätra, he gets an invitation to a class reunion. He declines the invitation, because he doesn't want to relive some of the most embarrassing moments of his life. Magnus rather stays home with his wife Lollo (

) and his daughter. But when Magnus starts to think about his teenage crush, Hillevi ( Inday Ba), and whether she will go or not. He decides to go to the reunion, in hope that Hillevi will show up.

Cast

as Magnus Edkvist * Inday Ba as Hillevi *

as Lollo Edkvist, Magnus wife * Lisa Lindgren as Jeanette * Ulf Friberg as Tommy *

as Ove *Jimmy Lindström as Lill-Micke *Johan Ehn as Jonas *Jessica Forsberg as Pia * Ingrid Luterkort as The teacher *Urban Bergsten as Leffe lort *Jan Åström as Micke P *Frida Öhman as Alva, Magnus and Lollos daughter *Oscar Taxén as Young Magnus *Sacha Baptiste as Young Hillevi *Anders Timell as Fabbe

Music

The music in the film is "Calleth You, Cometh I" and "Topsy Kaiser", both songs made by the Swedish band The Ark. The Ark's singer Ola Salo has written the two songs. He wrote "Calleth You, Cometh I" together with Peter Kvint.

Accolades

Cecilia Frode won the Guldbagge Award in 2003 for Best Supporting Actress.

External links

* * {{Hannes Holm 2002 films Swedish comedy-drama films 2002 comedy-drama films Films directed by Hannes Holm 2000s Swedish films