A Hole in My Heart (2004)
"Ett hål i mitt hjärta" (original title)

In a decript apartment, a young man watches as his father and a friend shoot an amateur porn film. Issues of morality, reality TV and friendship are explored.

Director:

Lukas Moodysson

Writer:

Lukas Moodysson

Stars:

Thorsten Flinck, Björn Almroth, Sanna Bråding

3 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Thorsten Flinck	...	Rickard
Björn Almroth	...	Eric
Sanna Bråding	...	Tess
Goran Marjanovic	...	Geko

Storyline

In a decript apartment, a young man watches as his father and a friend shoot an amateur porn film. Issues of morality, reality TV and friendship are explored.

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Plot Keywords:

apartment | dream sequence | sex toy | sex | explicit sex | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Newmarket Films

Country:

Sweden Denmark

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

17 September 2004 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

A Hole in My Heart

Filming Locations:

Trollhättan, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$1,720 (USA) (8 April 2005)

Gross:

$3,306 (USA) (15 April 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Memfis Film, Film i Väst, Nordisk Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie was first supposed to be filmed in the US. Christina Aguilera was the first choice of playing Sanna Bråding's character "Tess" and Sylvester Stallone would be offered to play Thorsten Flinck's character "Rickard".

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Connections

References Big Brother (2000)

User Reviews

Shocking but brilliant.

Shocking, yes. Challenging, yes too. But oh so brilliant! If you think entertainment cinema is boring, and if you like to have to think A LOT before grasping the meaning of a film, then A Hole in My Heart is for you. The story (although there is no real story) is that of four characters, in a flat together for the filming of an amateur porn film. The director, Rickard, is a looser who doesn't understand why his son, Eric, stays all day in his room, listening to heavy music on his headphones. The image is not continuous, it shakes a little, it changes a lot, from the characters in the flat to disgusting images of labia reconstruction surgery, to vomit and food orgy... Lukas Moodysson talks here about the crossing of boundaries, the question we ask ourselves is "how far is it going to go??" And it does go far, but then give it a day or two and you'll be glad you didn't leave the cinema.