''Offside'' 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 ...

film from 2006, directed by

Mårten Klingberg Tomas Mårten Klingberg (born 1 April 1968) is a Swedish actor, screenwriter and director. Klingberg is best known for his role as Nick in the films about the police detective Martin Beck. Selected filmography *'' Beck – Rum 302'' (2015) *'' ...

and starring

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 ...

Torkel Petersson Ola ''Torkel'' Petersson (born 19 August 1969 in Lund, Sweden) is a Swedish actor and comedian. Selected filmography *1999: ''Zero Tolerance'' (Swedish title: ''Noll tolerans'') *2000: '' Jalla! Jalla!'' *2002: '' Old Men in New Cars'' (Danis ...

Ingvar Hirdwall Lars Ingvar Hirdwall (born 5 December 1934), is a Swedish actor. One of the country's most prolific stage and film actors, he is probably most widely recognised for his two heterogenous roles in the Martin Beck universe; as the eponymous killer i ...

Göran Ragnerstam Göran Axel Ragnerstam (born 7 November 1957 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actor. Ragnerstam grew up in Södermalm and later in Vällingby. His father was interested in theatre and acted out for his children. He encouraged Ragnerstam to move on to ...

and

Brendan Coyle David "Brendan" Coyle (born 2 December 1962) is an English-Irish actor. He won the Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for ''The Weir'' in 1999. He also played Nicholas Higgins in the miniseries '' North & South'', Robert T ...

Plot

Åsa works part-time with the finances at ICA in the small town Stenfors and hasn't worked full-time for two years. Anders lives with Åsa and plays for the local football club Stenfors BK, which is residing far down in the Swedish league system. They'll be shut down if they get relegated this season. Åsa, who has no friends, gets very little time with the family and feels her life is meaningless; she wants to move to

Gothenburg 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 ...

where there are full-time jobs, but Anders wants to stay in Stenfors as he has friends in his team. Åsa wants her and their daughter Sara to have more time with him. She says she's got nothing, but Anders says he does everything he can do for the family. Through the acquisition of former

Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has p ...

star Duncan Miller as coach and other players, the team manages to avoid relegation. Still, Anders and Åsa decide to move to Gothenburg, after Anders had been forced to sell their television to buy Sara her dream dance shoes.

Actors

as Anders *

as Tommy *

as Boston *

as Kent *

as Duncan Miller *

Anja Lundqvist Karin Anja Elisabet Lundqvist (born 7 June 1971 in Vaksala, Uppsala Municipality) is a Swedish actress. She studied at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting 1995–99. Selected filmography *2000 - '' Tillsammans'' *2002 - '' Stora ...

as Åsa *

Tina Nordlund Tina Cecilia Elisabeth Nordlund (born 19 March 1977) is a Swedish football coach and former player, most recently an assistant coach at Umeå IK. She is one of the most well known Swedish female footballers. In November 2000, she was awarded th ...

as Annika

Notes

* Duncan Miller is a fictional character and has never played for Liverpool F.C. or any other football club. * Stenfors BK is a fictional football club. * The place depicted by Stenfors is

Billingsfors Billingsfors () is a locality situated in Bengtsfors Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is ...

. *

appears in the film as a football player. She was a football player in real life too. She has played many times for the Swedish national team and for

Umeå IK Umeå IK () is a professional association football club based in the city of Umeå, in northern Sweden, and currently playing Damallsvenskan, the first tier of women's football in Sweden. They were one of the most successful football clubs in ...

. She retired in 2002, because of

anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa, often referred to simply as anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by low weight, food restriction, body image disturbance, fear of gaining weight, and an overpowering desire to be thin. ''Anorexia'' is a term of Gr ...

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Offside (2006 Swedish Film) 2006 films Swedish association football films 2000s sports films Films directed by Mårten Klingberg 2000s Swedish-language films 2000s Swedish films