Make Believe (2003)
"Kommer du med mig då" (original title)

Director:

Kjell Grede

Writers:

Kjell Grede, Torgny Lindgren (novel)

Stars:

Shanti Roney, Tuva Novotny, Ing-Marie Carlsson

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shanti Roney	...	Theodor Marklund
Tuva Novotny	...	Paula
Ing-Marie Carlsson	...	Britt-Marie
Örjan Ramberg	...	Erland
Tord Peterson	...	Theodor's Grandfather
Simon Norrthon	...	Gulliver
Jesper Christensen	...	Piips
Flavia Rivas	...	Paula som barn
Noah Hellwig	...	Theodor som barn
Margareta Stone	...	Skatteintendenten
Göran Ragnerstam	...	Sigvard läkare
Fredrik Hiller	...	Erlands medhjälpare
Marta Oldenburg	...	Lena
Ulf Drakenberg	...	Gulliver's Companion
Göthe Maxe	...	Chefred. Olsson

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

singer | plastic surgery | auction | painting | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Sweden Denmark Finland Norway

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

14 November 2003 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Make Believe

Box Office

Budget:

SEK 26,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eurimages, Finnish Film Foundation, Friland

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Not sure what to make of this thing...

This is one messed up movie.

It starts off normal enough - boy and girl, best friends as children, are torn apart when her mother takes her away to have her singing career managed.

Years later, she is a huge star and he's still a shlub working at a framing shop in his small town. He longs for her. She has some mental issues. A number of different ways, interesting ways, this thing could have gone.

But no.

Instead, it turns into a pseudo-existential ham-handedly symbolic art film with a few disturbing and embarrassingly film school moments. Neither character really touches you because they just don't seem real -- she's too screwed up to understand and he seems scared by everything.

If there was a message somewhere in here, it's lost on me.