Certain People (2011)
"Katinkas kalas" (original title)

A small group of friends are gathered at Katinka's summer house to celebrate her birthday. The guests are all in their thirties, upper class, art world, liberal humanitarian bohemians. They... See full summary »

Director:

Levan Akin

Writers:

Levan Akin, Lisa Östberg

Stars:

Mia Mountain, Ludde Hagberg, Anitha Flink

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Mia Mountain	...	Katinka
Ludde Hagberg	...	Greger
Anitha Flink	...	Anna
Aron Flam	...	David
Lisa Östberg	...	Jossan
Ulrika Ellemark	...	Carro
Fredrik Lundqvist	...	Joel
Yohanna Idha	...	Linda
Anna Håkansson	...	Marja

Storyline

A small group of friends are gathered at Katinka's summer house to celebrate her birthday. The guests are all in their thirties, upper class, art world, liberal humanitarian bohemians. They sit on the floor smoking amongst books, antiques and modern art. The party sets off on a high note, when suddenly during dinner, two new guests arrive. Linda, a blonde game show hostess, is unexpectedly brought to the party by Katinka's brother. Linda is greeted warmly at first, her brusque and liberated manners are entertaining and fresh. But during the course of the evening Linda stretches the groups invisible social rules of hospitality. Contempt starts to grow, thus unfolding the groups hidden prejudices.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Sweden]

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

20 January 2012 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Certain People

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmlance International AB

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Comedy and tragedy

They are in their early 35s, the hosts and the guests arriving at Katinka's birthday party. They expect everything to be as expected, when a terrible accident appears. The hostess' brother comes to the party together with his pick-up for the night! A girl who leads a simple quiz show in a commercial TV channel.

The problem isn't her vulgarity, but the fact that the quiz girl starts the thinking and feeling about the sophisticated's shortcomings. The screw is turned and they become more and more aware of their life being fakes, including love affairs, pregnancies and also the choice of not having children.

A very nasty but also compassionate film, which try to tear down the lies of an intellectual generation. It's their turn this time.