''Trust Me'' ( sv, Puss, lit=Kiss) is a 2010

comedy drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple co ...

film written and directed by

Johan Kling Johan Kling (born Carl-David Johan Natt och Dag, 7 August 1962, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish film director, screenwriter, and novelist. His debut movie, '' Darling'' (2007), won the award for best Swedish film. Career Kling started his care ...

, starring an ensemble cast including

Alexander Skarsgård Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård (; born August 25, 1976) is a Swedish actor. Born in Stockholm, he began acting at age seven but quit at 13. After serving in the Swedish military, Skarsgård returned to acting and gained his first role in th ...

Susanne Thorson Susanne Thorson (born 12 June 1981) 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 ...

Gustaf Skarsgård Gustaf Caspar Orm Skarsgård (born 12 November 1980) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his roles in ''Evil'' (2003), '' The Way Back'' (2010) and ''Kon-Tiki'' (2012). He also appeared in the HBO TV series ''Westworld'' (2018), as Merlin in th ...

and Philomène Grandin. The film focuses on a group of young people running a small theater in Stockholm.

Cast

as Alex *

as Katja *

as Jon *

Moa Gammel Moa Tuva Amanda Gammel, (born 6 October 1980) is a Swedish actress. She made her acting debut in the 1996 Mikael Håfström film ''Skuggornas hus'' and then acted in the soap opera '' Vita lögner'' on TV3. Her breakthrough came in the 2006 film ...

as Mia *

Richard Ulfsäter Richard Claes Erik Ulfsäter (born 1 September 1975) is a Swedish actor perhaps mostly known for his role as "Steffen" in the SVT comedy series '' Playa del Sol''. The Author Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell is his aunt. And his father is a cousin of ...

as Andreas * Philomène Grandin as Jessica *

Erica Carlson Erica W. Carlson is an American physicist specializing in superconductors, liquid crystals, and strongly correlated materials. She is 150th Anniversary Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University. As well as for her research, she ...

as Anna *

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 the homeless * Michelle Meadows as Michy *

Michael Segerström Karl Kristian Mikael Segerström (born 20 May 1944) is a Swedish actor and director. Segerström was born in Lund and has worked at theatres in Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Helsingborg as well as in film with ''Jönssonligan'' and others. Filmo ...

as Pikner *

Jessica Zandén Anna Jessica Zandén (born 28 March 1957) is a Swedish actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1983. She is the sister of actor Philip Zandén. Selected filmography * ''Freud's Leaving Home'' (1991) * '' The F ...

as Jessica's mother *

Vera Vitali Anna "Vera" Vitali (born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish actress and playwright, who stars as Lisa in the drama series '' Bonus Family''. Biography Anna Vera Vitali was born October 3, 1981 in Stockholm. Vera Vitali grew up in a film family. Her ...

as Natalie * Gitte Witt as the darkness * Victor von Schirach as cashier * Lotti Törnros as Lotten * Lars Bringås as Sebastian

Production

''Trust Me'' was produced by St Paul Film in co-production with

Nordisk Film Nordisk Film A/S (lit. "Nordic Film") is a Danish entertainment company established in 1906 in Copenhagen by filmmaker Ole Olsen. It is the fourth-oldest film studio in the world behind the Gaumont Film Company, Pathé, and Titanus ...

Sveriges Television Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national ...

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and the Norwegian company Spillefilmkompaniet 4½. It received seven million SEK from the

Swedish Film Institute The Swedish Film Institute ( sv, Svenska Filminstitutet) was founded in 1963 to support and develop the Swedish film industry. The institute is housed in the ''Filmhuset'' building located in Gärdet, Östermalm in Stockholm. The building, comp ...

, plus support from Nordisk Film- & TV Fond and local funds in Stockholm and

Gotland Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the ...

. The total budget was 21.5 million SEK. Filming started in September 2008, but after only ten days Johan Kling experienced a burnout and the production was postponed. "I felt like

Lord Jim ''Lord Jim'' is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in ''Blackwood's Magazine'' from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event in the story is the abandonment of a passenger ship in distress by its crew, i ...

who left his own ship", the director later commented. Filming resumed the following August and principal shooting ended in October 2009.

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