''With Every Heartbeat'' ( sv, Kyss mig), also released as ''Kiss Me'', is a

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Swedish

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directed by

Alexandra-Therese Keining Alexandra-Therese Keining (born 1976) is a Swedish writer, film director, and screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing scr ...

. The film won the "Breakthrough Award" at the 2011 AFI Festival.

Synopsis

Mia (

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) announces her engagement to her boyfriend Tim ( Joakim Natterqvist) at her father's 60th birthday party. At the same party, her father Lasse (

Krister Henriksson Jan Krister Allan Henriksson (born 12 November 1946) is a Swedish actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Kurt Wallander in the television films based on the novels by Henning Mankell. Early life Henriksson was born in Grisslehamn, Norrt� ...

), proposes to his live-in girlfriend Elizabeth (

Lena Endre Lena Endre (born 8 July 1955) is a Swedish actress of film and television,* primarily in the Swedish and Norwegian markets, known for her parts in the Liv Ullmann film '' Trolösa'' (2000), and the ''Millennium series'' of films (e.g., ''The Gir ...

). When Mia meets Elizabeth's fun-loving daughter Frida (

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), she is initially wary of being accepted into Elizabeth's family. Reluctantly, Mia agrees to a weekend getaway on the island of

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with Frida and Elizabeth. Forced to share a bedroom with Frida, Mia finds herself fascinated by the other woman's free-spiritedness. While out walking in the woods one night, Mia kisses Frida. Frida is ready and willing to reciprocate, and the women soon have sex for the first time. However, the weekend over, Mia must return to Stockholm and her life with Tim, and Frida to her life partner Elin (Josefine Tengblad). Mia asks Frida to run away with her to

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, but Frida reminds her of her upcoming wedding to Tim. Frida breaks up with Elin, and Mia backs out of the wedding. Frida runs away, deciding on Spain as a destination. Mia attempts to find her by asking Elin, who refuses to tell her, and then Elisabeth, who tells her that Frida’s flight departs soon. She rushes to the airport but misses Frida’s flight. Mia goes on to Spain where she and Frida share a happy reunion.

Cast

as Mia *

as Frida *

as Lasse *

as Elisabeth *

Joakim Nätterqvist Dag Joakim Tedson Nätterqvist (; born 24 October 1974) is a Swedish actor, theatre director, musical artist, singer, and acting coach. Background Nätterqvist was born in Gamla Uppsala. He is the son of competitive equestrians Ted and Pia L ...

as Tim * Tom Ljungman as Oskar * as Elin

Music

The music for this film includes original scores arranged by

Marc Collin Marc Collin is a French musician, film music composer and record producer. He is best known as the founder, with Olivier Libaux, of the project Nouvelle Vague, a cover band that covers new wave songs in a bossa nova style. Collin also released a ...

, as well as an eclectic mix of songs from various artists including José González and Kultiration and Swedish pop icon,

Robyn Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979), known as Robyn (), is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. She arrived on the music scene with her 1995 debut album, ''Robyn Is Here'', which produced two Billboard Hot 100, ''Bil ...

References

External links

''Kyss mig'' / ''Kiss Me''
at Lebox Produktion
''Kyss mig'' / ''Kiss Me'' / ''With Every Heartbeat''
Press Kit
''Kyss mig''
at

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''Kyss mig''
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Synopsis

Cast

Music

See also

References

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