Beyond (2010)

A drama set in 1970s Sweden and centered on a young woman's experiences growing up in a home riddled with abuse and alcoholism.

Director:

Pernilla August

Writers:

Susanna Alakoski (novel), Pernilla August (screenplay)

Stars:

Noomi Rapace, Ola Rapace, Outi Mäenpää

11 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Noomi Rapace	...	Leena
Ola Rapace	...	Johan
Outi Mäenpää	...	Aili Moilanen
Ville Virtanen	...	Kimmo Moilanen
Tehilla Blad	...	Leena Moilanen - as child
Junior Blad	...	Sakari Moilanen
Alpha Blad	...	Marja
Selma Cuba	...	Flisan
Minna Haapkylä	...	Helmi
Håkan Bengtsson	...	Veikko
Julia Öhrström-Jönsson	...	Riita
Lotten Roos	...	Inga-Lill
Rasmus Troedsson	...	Sten Hård
Karin Ronnle Svensson	...	Åse
Simon J. Berger	...	Bengt Brink

Storyline

A drama set in 1970s Sweden and centered on a young woman's experiences growing up in a home riddled with abuse and alcoholism.

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Plot Keywords:

immigrant | friendship | family relationships | porn magazine | sunflower | 

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Taglines:

It's never too late to reconcile.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Sweden Finland Denmark

Language:

Swedish Finnish

Release Date:

10 December 2010 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Beyond

Filming Locations:

Sweden

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kamoli Films, Blind Spot Pictures Oy, DFI

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tehilla Blad, who plays the younger version of Noomi Rapace's character Leena in this film, also played the younger version of Noomi Rapace's character Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire(2009), and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009).

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Soundtracks

Nocturne, piano, op. 9. Nr 2
Composed by Frédéric Chopin (1831)
Performed by Per Tengstrand

User Reviews

Through The Past Darkly

I recently saw this at the 2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Noted actress Pernilla August makes her feature film directorial debut and for her first time out gets Sweden's official entry to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film consideration. Leena (Noomi Pace) is the daughter of Finnish immigrants to Sweden whose abusive and alcoholic father is long dead and her mother with whom she has an estranged relationship is in the hospital and dying. A series of flashbacks tell the story. Ville Virtanen is Leena's hard drinking, hard living father Kimmo. Outi Mäenpää is Leena's long suffering mother Aili who, despite all she put up with in her marriage, carries a life long love and sympathy for her husband. With Tehilla Blad is Leena as a child and Pace's real life husband Ola Rapace as Lenna's husband Johan. Based on the Susanna Alakoski novel with screenplay by August with Lolita Ray. Cinematography by Erik Molberg Hansen. This is a great cast and features great directing, cinematography, a good script and story and sound. It's a dark subject with spousal and alcohol abuse but not presented too darkly but very believably. I would give this an 8.5 out of 10 and recommend it.