Katinkas kalas (2011)

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 & 5 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

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Some Eve With an Apple
Music Written By Nicholas Currie, John Henriksson
Performed by Nicholas Currie (as Momus)

User Reviews

understated and very witty

I actually can't quite understand why the overall reviews are so poor–it is one of my favorite Scandinavian films. Besides doing a great deal with very little (simple set, few actors), it is extremely effective. Witty, maybe a little harsh on Swedish society, and humor that is dry throughout. It definitely pushes buttons. I can only imagine how much fun they had sitting around writing the script. Everyone is so caught in their roles they are at a complete loss for party crashers in the form of a shiftless twin brother and date that show up at Katinka's party. Mia Mountain's performance as Katinka is outstanding as she tries to maintain her sense of propriety and role in this uptight little world she's built around herself. The house, the job as curator, the deathly boring and servile boyfriend, the holdover childhood friends, and the brother!

Brilliant!!!