''Nobody Owns Me'' ( sv, Mig äger ingen) is a 2013 Swedish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Kjell-Åke Andersson Kjell-Åke Gunnar Andersson (born 7 June 1949 in Malmö) is a Swedish film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His 1992 film '' Night of the Orangutan'' was nominated for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 28th Guldbagge ...

. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Åsa Linderborg, and stars

Mikael Persbrandt Mikael Åke Persbrandt (; born 25 September 1963) is a Swedish actor. In Swedish films, he is perhaps best known for playing Gunvald Larsson in the ''Beck'' series of movies. He is internationally known for his starring role in the Academy Awar ...

Tanja Lorentzon Tanja Mirjam Cecilia Lorentzon (née Tanja Mirjam Cecilia Koukonen; born 25 September 1971), previously known as Tanja Svedjeström, is a Sweden-Finnish actress and dramatist of Finnish descent. Internationally, she is probably best known for he ...

och

Sten Ljunggren Sten Ivar Ljunggren (born 16 October 1938) is a Swedish character actor. He played Henrik in the long-running Swedish drama TV series '' Svenska hjärtan'', which aired between 1987 and 1998. Other notable roles includes criminal inspector Len ...

was nominated and won in the category

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at the

49th Guldbagge Awards The 49th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 2013 and took place January 20, 2014, at Cirkus in Stockholm. During the ceremony, the jury presented Guldbagge Awards (commonly referr ...

Plot

The film depicts a lone father's (

) relationship with his daughter after his wife (

) leaves him. It is a story about alcoholism, child vulnerability, but also about love, betrayal and

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in 1970s

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Cast

as Hasse *

as Katja * Ida Engvoll as Lisa, 25 years old * Saga Samuelsson as Lisa, 11 years old * Ping Mon Wallén as Lisa, 8 years old *

as paternal Grandfather *

Barbro Oborg Barbro Christina Oborg Ljunggren (born 3 July 1941) is a Swedish actress. She is married to Sten Ljunggren Sten Ivar Ljunggren (born 16 October 1938) is a Swedish character actor. He played Henrik in the long-running Swedish drama TV serie ...

as paternal Grandmother *

Magnus Roosmann Nils Magnus Roosmann (born ''Bjurström''; 11 June 1963 in Söder in Stockholm (grew up in Lessebo)) is a Swedish actor. Roosmann studied at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting and after that he has been engaged at Wasa Theatre in ...

as Lennart *

Peter Carlberg Peter Sigvard Carlberg (born 8 December 1950) is a Swedish actor. He was educated at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting. Filmography Feature films *2012 - ''Call Girl'' *2011 - ''Avalon'' *2010 - '' Trust Me'' *2008 - '' Let the ...

as Roffe *

Anna Blomberg Anna Kristina Cecilia Blomberg (born 20 May 1972 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish actress and comedian. She has appeared in many TV series, among them ''Häxan Surtant'', '' Kvarteret Skatan'' (her breakthrough role), and ''Superhjältejul Superhjäl ...

as Roffe's wife *

Linn Skåber Linn Skåber (born 31 March 1970) is a Norwegian actress, singer, comedian, text writer and TV personality. She made her stage début on Oslo Nye Teater (''Centralteatret'') in 1997, playing the title role in Goldoni's comic opera Mirandolina. ...

as Sonja * Anna Wallander as Görel * Marie Delleskog as Teacher * Eva Millberg as maternal Grandmother *

Nils Moritz Nils Ragnar Moritz (born 5 May 1943 in Tallinn, Estonia) is a Swedish actor. Selected filmography *1987 - '' En film om kärlek'' *1988/1989 - '' Dårfinkar & dönickar'' (TV) *1989 - ''Ture Sventon, privatdetektiv'' (TV, ''Julkalendern'') *199 ...

as Julle * Fernando Concha as Uncle Guido * Kim Lantz as Man at the yard * Roger Siik as Colleague at the steelworks

Production

The film was shot between September 17 and November 12, 2012 in

Trollhättan Trollhättan () is the 23rd-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Göta älv, near the lake Vänern, and has a population of approximately 50,000 in the city proper. It is locate ...

Göteborg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a p ...

Piteå Piteå () is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. Piteå is Sweden's 58th largest city, with a population of 23,326. Geography Piteå is located at the mouth of the Pite River ( sv, Piteälven), at th ...

and

Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; smj, Luleju; fi, Luulaja) is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban core (2018) and is the seat of Lu ...

, from a script by Pia Gradvall. It was produced by Francy Suntinger, the company Filmlance International AB, and premiered on November 8, 2013.

References

External links

* * {{Sfdb title Swedish drama films Films shot in Gothenburg Films shot in Trollhättan Films shot in Piteå Films shot in Luleå Films directed by Kjell-Åke Andersson Films based on Swedish novels Films set in the 1970s 2010s Swedish-language films 2010s Swedish films