Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Per Graffman | ... | Ali | |
Maria Lundqvist | ... | Alis fru | |
![]() |
Sasha Becker | ... | Sara |
![]() |
Anni Ececioglu | ... | Saras storasyster (as Anni Egecioglu) |
![]() |
Emil Odepark | ... | Leo |
Tintin Anderzon | ... | Leos mamma | |
Christer Fant | ... | Leos pappa | |
![]() |
Eric Lager | ... | Lillebror |
![]() |
Nasrin Pakkho | ... | Den kvinnliga kuriren |
![]() |
Caweh Passereh | ... | Kurirens barnbarn |
![]() |
Mina Azarian | ... | Alis förra fru |
![]() |
Ashkan Ghods | ... | Alis son |
César Sarachu | ... | Gisslantagare (as Cesar Sarachu) | |
![]() |
Reza Shojanyan | ... | Gisslantagare (as Reza Shojaiyan) |
![]() |
Naser Ghofranifar | ... | Gisslantagare |
This is a story of a disturbed normal life. In other words, it is a story that fear transforms the lives of the characters almost to destroy them. Ali is a man who comes from the Middle East. Lives in Sweden, is a taxi driver and has two daughters. Leo is an unassuming boy classmate of one of his daughters. Both will live in parallel a descent into hell when fear is installed in their lives and consumes them from within. In the case of Ali, through a message that sends memories to a distant past as a terrorist he thought he had finally escaped; in the case of Leo, when a series of unfortunate coincidences lead him to shoot another boy who constantly torments him. Both characters have to face their fears or succumb to it. Written by bobbuckingham
Leo, a guy in the seventh grade gets harassed by a two years older boy in school and seeks revenge. At the same time, Ali, the father of a girl in Leo's class (who Leo has a crush on) is contacted by a opposition group from his home country that wants Ali to assassinate an important man for them. Otherwise, they'll kill the family that Ali left when moving to Sweden.
These two stories about morale are connected to each other in Reza Parsa's remarkable debut. The direction is good, the acting is excellent (especially young Emil Odepark in the difficult role as Leo) and the photography is way better than it usually is in the Swedish movie industry.
Lukas Moodysson started a boom of making good films in Sweden with "Fucking Åmål" ("Show Me Love" in the U.S.) and I hope that'll continue with future movies from Parsa and Moodysson, who prove themselves to be the most talented Swedish directors since Bo Wideberg. The best drama-thriller in a while. 7/10