Overview
One morning just before Christmas, Leena receives a phone call from a hospital in her childhood hometown telling her that her mother is dying. This news takes her on a journey to face her mother for the first time in her adult life. Leena has fought all her life to let go of her grief over her lost and dark childhood. She is now forced to deal with her past to be able to move on.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Nordic Council Film Prize (2011)
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (2012)
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Box office
Grossed $4.8M worldwide, about 1.6 times its $3M budget
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Based on
Based on Svinalängorna
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Filming locations
Filmed in Ystad
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Setting
Set in Ystad
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Music
Music by Sebastian Öberg and Magnus Jarlbo
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Erik Molberg Hansen
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Lolita RayWriter
- Pernilla AugustWriter
- Susanna AlakoskiNovel
- Original title
- Svinalängorna
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 10, 2010
- Original language
- Swedish
- Budget
- $3M
- Revenue
- $4.8M
- Countries
- Denmark, Finland, Sweden
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Cast
Noomi RapaceLeena
Ola RapaceJohan
Outi MäenpääAili Moilanen
Ville VirtanenKimmo Moilanen
Tehilla BladLeena - as Child
Junior BladSakari Moilanen
Alpha BladMarja- Selma CubaFlisan
Minna HaapkyläHelmi
Håkan BengtssonVeikko- Julia Öhrström-JönssonRiita
Lotten RoosInga-Lill
Rasmus TroedssonSten Hård- Karin Ronnle SvenssonÅse
Simon J. BergerBengt Brink
Kerstin AnderssonMargareta Persson- Björn JohanssonNiklas Lindberg
Anette LindbäckBritta- Eva JäringeAnn-Christine
- Anders BeckmanPolice
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