Solstorm (2007)

While in a party promoted by her chief and friend Måns Wenngren, the fiscal attorney, Rebecka Martinsson, receives a call from her former sister-in-law, Sanna Strandgård, telling that her ... See full summary »

Director:

Leif Lindblom

Writers:

Klas Abrahamsson (screenplay), Jimmy Lagnefors,

Stars:

Izabella Scorupco, Mikael Persbrandt, Jakob Eklund

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview:
Izabella Scorupco	...	Rebecka Martinsson
Mikael Persbrandt	...	Thomas Söderberg
Jakob Eklund	...	Måns
Krister Henriksson	...	Olof Strandgård
Suzanne Reuter	...	Kristina Strandgård
Lena B. Eriksson	...	Anna Maria Mella
Maria Sundbom	...	Sanna Strandgård
Antti Reini	...	Vesa
Henrik Gustafsson	...	Curt
André Sjöberg	...	Viktor Strandgård
Göran Forsmark	...	Sven Erik Stålnacke
Annika Olsson	...	Maja
Sandra Engström	...	Sara
Saga Larsson	...	Lova

Storyline

While in a party promoted by her chief and friend Måns Wenngren, the fiscal attorney, Rebecka Martinsson, receives a call from her former sister-in-law, Sanna Strandgård, telling that her brother and preacher Viktor was murdered, stabbed and with severed hands, and she would be arrested. Rebecka heads to her hometown Kiruna and defends Sanna, but the evidences found by the police in her house prove her guilty and she is arrested. While investigating the crime, Rebecka is haunted by her past and faces the bigoted and fanatic religious dwellers that worship the local church, and is more convinced of the innocence of Sanna.

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Plot Keywords:

hometown | hand | church | hands cut off | mother daughter relationship | 

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Sweden]

Country:

Sweden Finland

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

2 November 2007 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Aurinkomyrsky

Filming Locations:

Kiruna, Norrbottens län, Sweden

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmpool Nord, Helsinki Filmi Oy, Sandrew Metronome Distribution

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Did You Know?

Connections

References Perry Mason (1957)

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Soundtracks

"Sorgemarsch"
Written and performed by Jimmy Lagnefors and choir

User Reviews

Well plotted, beautiful-looking mystery about small town outcast who returns to solve the mystery of who murdered the charismatic leader of a religious sect.

A beautiful-looking film set in an icy Scandinavian backwater, where most of the men are evil, or weak, and most of the women are good (as in a lot of contemporary Swedish drama.) The lead character (Izabela Scorupco) is a beautiful young tax lawyer, determined to protect her best friend, who's been accused of murder. Scorupco faces the usual steely-eyed religious bigots, and has to untangle familiar murky secrets, but the plot has some good twists, which are parcelled out in a well paced and-structured way. Ms Scorupco is a bit one note, but she's competent. More interesting is the local detective..she's like someone you might meet in a small town, heavily pregnant, and quietly pragmatic. The solution to most of these murder mysteries seems to be always slightly depressing - destruction seems to be the only recourse of those who try to end their own or someone else's misery. You can't make fritatas without breaking eggs, I suppose.