Dear Alice (2010)

Very different lives, becomes interweaved during what seems like an ordinary day. Franzis Namazi (Danny Glover) is a newly arrived immigrant from Gambia to Sweden. He is about to give up on... See full summary »

Director:

Osmond Karim (as Othman Karim)

Writers:

Linda Aronson (dramaturge), Osmond Karim (screenplay) (as Othman Karim)

Stars:

Mina Azarian, Evamaria Björk, Cecilia Borssén

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mina Azarian	...	Affärsinnehavare
Evamaria Björk	...	Mona
Cecilia Borssén	...	Lärarinnan
Tobias Borvin	...	Richard
Ulf Brunnberg	...	Bosse Krantz
Jörgen Darfelt	...	Polisinspektören
Caroline Davidsson	...	TV receptionist
Ella Ejiofor	...	Maya Said
Hugo Emretsson	...	Polis 2
Sten Erici	...	Bankman
Mia Florberger	...	Tomas sekreterare
Gabiel Jari Flores	...	Man 1 Socialkontor
Peter Gardiner	...	Moses Said
Rigmor Grönwall	...	Receptionist Socialen
Danny Glover	...	Franzis Namazi

Storyline

Very different lives, becomes interweaved during what seems like an ordinary day. Franzis Namazi (Danny Glover) is a newly arrived immigrant from Gambia to Sweden. He is about to give up on his little store selling African art. Karin Carlsson-Said (Tuva Novotny) is a lawyer who is about to enter a new important step in her career as a lawyer. Her husband Moses (Peter Gardiner) must send money to his hospitalized father in Uganda, but there are problems with the transaction and has issues with keeping up his work as a Social Worker. Bosse (Ulf Brunnberg) is the TV star who finds out he has been fired off his own show and finds his young wife with another man, Hakan (Stefan Sauk) is a charming celebrity with an alcohol problem and now once again needs help from his lawyer Karin Carlsson-Said.

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Plot Keywords:

eastern europe | sweden | african immigrant | road rage | motorway | 

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Genres:

Drama

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User Reviews

So ambitious or too ambitious

You can call this Swedish drama an episode movie with an uneven script. It tries to show racial prejudices in a Sweden which is supposed to be relatively clean from it. These affect private lives, professional lives and they also make people's lives unhappy. And it all takes place in one day.

The problem here is the overacting, which is performed by everybody except Peter Gardinger. This mostly means that the director doesn't trust his script. People act in the most un-Swedish way, when they don't act according to...that's right...common prejudices about this country.

What is supposed to be a drama, turns out into almost slapstick. And the probably good intentions aren't fulfilled.

Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish English

Release Date:

9 July 2010 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Dear Alice

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$281,862

Company Credits

Production Co:

Europa Post Production, Film i Skåne, Greta Film AB

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1