''Pure'' ( sv, Till det som är vackert; ) is a 2010 Swedish drama film directed and written by
Lisa Langseth
Lisa Langseth (born 20 April 1975) is a Swedish screenwriter and film director. Her writing and directing film credits include ''Pure'' (2009), '' Hotell'' (2013) and '' Euphoria'' (2017).
Career
Langseth began her career as a playwright and t ...
.
Alicia Vikander
Alicia Amanda Vikander (, ; born 3 October 1988) is a Swedish actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award, as well as receiving nominations for ...
's performance won the
Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Guldbagge for Best Actress in a Leading Role is a Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) as part of the Guldbagge Awards (Swedish: "Guldbaggen") to actresses working in the Swedish motion picture industry.
...
at the
46th Guldbagge Awards.
Plot
Twenty-year-old Katarina (
Alicia Vikander
Alicia Amanda Vikander (, ; born 3 October 1988) is a Swedish actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award, as well as receiving nominations for ...
) never finished school; she lives in
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 ...
with her alcoholic mother. Through a
YouTube
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video, she is touched by the music of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
. She applies for a receptionist job at the concert hall where she meets conductor Adam (
Samuel Fröler
Per Samuel Fröler (born 24 March 1957) is a Swedish actor. His break-through was in the TV series Tre Kärlekar in 1989. He played the protagonist in the drama series ''Skärgårdsdoktorn'', and has also acted in several films. At the 28th Guldba ...
).
Cast
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Alicia Vikander
Alicia Amanda Vikander (, ; born 3 October 1988) is a Swedish actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award, as well as receiving nominations for ...
as Katarina
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Samuel Fröler
Per Samuel Fröler (born 24 March 1957) is a Swedish actor. His break-through was in the TV series Tre Kärlekar in 1989. He played the protagonist in the drama series ''Skärgårdsdoktorn'', and has also acted in several films. At the 28th Guldba ...
as Adam
*
Martin Wallström
Carl Martin Gunnar Wallström Milkéwitz (born 7 July 1983) is a Swedish television and film actor. A successful actor in his home country, he is best known internationally for his 2015 American debut role as Tyrell Wellick in the USA Network cyb ...
as Mattias
* Josephine Bauer as Birgitta
* Helén Söderqvist Henriksson as personnel manager
* Kim Lantz as janitor
* Frederik Nilsson as Henrik
* Elisabeth Göransson as Agneta, social secretary
* Ylva Gallon as nurse
*
Anna Åström as Cicci
* Magnus Lindberg as Nille
References
External links
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2010 films
2010 drama films
Films directed by Lisa Langseth
Films with screenplays by Lisa Langseth
Swedish drama films
Films set in Gothenburg
2010s Swedish films
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