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Eat Sleep Die (Äta sova dö)
Eat Sleep Die (Äta sova dö) (Director: Gabriela Pichler): Grounded in the director’s own experience growing up in a working-class immigrant family in a small Swedish town, Eat Sleep Die is a gritty and affecting debut. Using a non-professional cast … Continue reading
Posted in Film Festivals, TIFF
Tagged #tiff12, fathers-and-daughters, immigration, sweden, unemployment
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Sound of Noise
eOne released Sound of Noise on DVD in Canada on June 26, 2012. Help support Toronto Screen Shots by buying it on Amazon.ca. Sound of Noise (Directors: Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson): With a name like his, you’d think … Continue reading
She Monkeys (Apflickorna)
She Monkeys (Apflickorna) (Director: Lisa Aschan): We are introduced to Emma just as she is joining an equestrian gymnastics team. Even though she’s the new girl, it’s clear she’s just as competitive and strong as Cassandra, the team’s unspoken leader. … Continue reading
Posted in Film Festivals
Tagged #mwff11, adolescence, sweden
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Alliance released The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in a DVD/Blu-ray combo pack in Canada on Tuesday July 6, 2010. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Director: Niels Arden Oplev): Though I’m not usually susceptible to the marketing hype that … Continue reading
Patrik 1,5
Patrik 1,5 (2008, Director: Ella Lemhagen): Goran and Sven are a gay married couple who’ve just moved to the suburbs. They’re in the process of adopting and when they get the news that Patrik (“aged 1.5”) will be arriving soon, … Continue reading
Posted in Film Festivals, TIFF
Tagged #tiff08, adoption, homosexuality, sweden
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