Leo (I) (2007)

Director:

Josef Fares

Writer:

Josef Fares

Stars:

Leonard Terfelt, Yngve Dahlberg, Sara Edberg

3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Leonard Terfelt	...	Leo
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yngve Dahlberg	...	Kökschefen
Sara Edberg	...	Amanda
Jan Fares	...	Josefs pappa
Josef Fares	...	Josef
Eva Fritjofson	...	Leos mamma
Carl Ingemarsson	...	Chef (as Carl Anders Stjernlöf)
Pavle Kukulj	...	Payo
Dragomir Mrsic	...	Gago
Shahab Salehi	...	Shahab
Marcus von Plenker-Tind	...	Leos lillebror

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

violence | unprovoked violence | one word title | character name in title

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish Arabic

Release Date:

30 November 2007 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Project Zero

Filming Locations:

Skogskyrkogården, Gamla Enskede, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film i Väst, Memfis Film, Sveriges Television (SVT)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Stop copying American movies

Swedish films usually are known to play it safe with the storyline, often mixing drama with psychology. This attempt on a thriller/drama,tries to examine the moral compass inside the protagonists. We learn about makes up the driving force leading up to a personal vendetta,including the clichéd stereotypical. There's the Yugoslavian gangsters with bad mouth, a psychologist asking dumb questions and the pizza-owner who has no influence over his son's actions. The violent anticlimax of "Leo" makes you wonder where all the creativity of the scriptwriting went. How this for a plot; Josef Fares would have played Leo and had to battle not just the loss of his girlfriend. Also there would be some racism of the Swedish gangsters, and at the same time be helped by his friends to understand morality and ethics. It could actually have been some trilling tension, when Leo with friends finally meet up with the antagonists in court...