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Videoman

Original title: Videomannen
  • 20182018
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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Videomannen (2018)
First trailer for Videomannen (Videoman). Written and Directed by Kristian A. Söderström.
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  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Thriller

A VHS collector and a woman obsessed with the 80s, both alcoholics, initiates a romance that helps them battle their personal failures.A VHS collector and a woman obsessed with the 80s, both alcoholics, initiates a romance that helps them battle their personal failures.A VHS collector and a woman obsessed with the 80s, both alcoholics, initiates a romance that helps them battle their personal failures.

IMDb RATING
5.8/10
783
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  • Director
    • Kristian A. Söderström
  • Writer
    • Kristian A. Söderström
  • Stars
    • Stefan Sauk
    • Lena Nilsson
    • Morgan Alling
Top credits
  • Director
    • Kristian A. Söderström
  • Writer
    • Kristian A. Söderström
  • Stars
    • Stefan Sauk
    • Lena Nilsson
    • Morgan Alling
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    • 7User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

    Videos1

    Videoman
    Trailer 1:40
    Videoman

    Photos32

    Stefan Sauk and Victor von Schirach in Videomannen (2018)
    Stefan Sauk in Videomannen (2018)
    Lena Nilsson and Stefan Sauk in Videomannen (2018)
    Morgan Alling in Videomannen (2018)
    Amanda Ooms in Videomannen (2018)
    Videomannen (2018)
    Stefan Sauk in Videomannen (2018)
    Martin Wallström in Videomannen (2018)
    Lena Nilsson in Videomannen (2018)
    Videomannen (2018)
    Videomannen (2018)
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    Stefan Sauk
    Stefan Sauk
    • Ennio Midenaas Ennio Midena
    Lena Nilsson
    Lena Nilsson
    • Simone Karlssonas Simone Karlsson
    Morgan Alling
    Morgan Alling
    • Giallo-Bosseas Giallo-Bosse
    Amanda Ooms
    Amanda Ooms
    • Simones kollega - Simone's Colleagueas Simones kollega - Simone's Colleague
    Martin Wallström
    Martin Wallström
    • Chefen - The Bossas Chefen - The Boss
    Kim Theodoridou Bergquist
    • Kristinas Kristin
    Anna Wallander
    Anna Wallander
    • Magganas Maggan
    Victor von Schirach
    Victor von Schirach
    • Oskar med K - Oskar with a Kas Oskar med K - Oskar with a K
    Ove Wolf
    • VHS kund - VHS Customeras VHS kund - VHS Customer
    Sven Wollter
    Sven Wollter
    • Grannen - The Neighboras Grannen - The Neighbor
    Carolin Stoltz
    Carolin Stoltz
    • Facelessas Faceless
    Helena Jansson
    • Lenaas Lena
    Ennio Midena
    • Fastighetsskötare - Janitoras Fastighetsskötare - Janitor
    Darko Savor
    • Man med huva - Man with Hoodas Man med huva - Man with Hood
    Daniel Ekeroth
    • Jonas 'Franco' Karlssonas Jonas 'Franco' Karlsson
    • (as Daniel Dellamorte)
    Henrik Johansson
    • Lill-Janneas Lill-Janne
    Jonas Kröjtz
    • Skunken - The Skunkas Skunken - The Skunk
    Nonglak Siriruang Midena
    • Thaimassös - Thai Masseuseas Thaimassös - Thai Masseuse
    • Director
      • Kristian A. Söderström
    • Writer
      • Kristian A. Söderström
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    Storyline

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    A VHS collector with a drinking problem finds a valuable movie that could save him from eviction. When the movie gets stolen he starts a desperate hunt for a perpetrator. An alcoholic woman obsessed with the 80s is a victim of work place bullying and struggles to develop a relationship with her grown up daughter. These outsiders joined by nostalgia and broken dreams starts a romance and make each other self aware, a step in the right direction when trying to solve their respective problems. —Kristian A. Söderström
    • alcoholic
    • vcr
    • alcoholism
    • cult film
    • reference to the 1980s
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    • Taglines
      • A cult movie with the soul of a human drama
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Thriller
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Ennio's basement was shot on location in the real Ennio Midena's basement where he keeps all the VHS from his old video store, it was just slightly refurnished. Also, the scenes with the other collectors were shot in the apartments of some real life collectors.
    • Quotes

      Ennio Midena: I'm a positive person. Definitely. Who's disappointed a lot.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Month in Movies: February 2019 (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Love on Ice
      Written by Johan Agebjörn, Roger Gunnarsson, Ryan Paris (as Fabio Roscioli)

      Vocals Ryan Paris & Sally Shapiro

    User reviews7

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    Top review
    9/10
    'Videoman' is a delightfully vivid, deliciously downbeat drama that is well worth 'tracking' down!'
    'Videoman' is one of the all too rare films featuring a greatly flawed middle-aged male protagonist I can readily relate to, which, quite frankly, also made for frequently uneasy viewing! Ex-video-shop proprietor Ennio Midena (Stefan Sauk) is a disenfranchised, heavy-drinking divorcee, an increasingly bitter loner, wholly unwilling to connect to the self-absorbed swill of social media, an analogue diehard in a disorientating digital age of instant gratification, constantly obsessing about once again opening a niche video emporium; his dream one step closer to corporeal reality as he has secured a mysterious high-paying customer for his rare, mint-condition VHS copy of maestro Lucio Fulci's legendary video nasty 'Zombie'. The strangely charming 'Videoman' is an engaging, appealingly retro-flavoured, darkly tinged, character-based drama about the murkier side of life-consuming collector-mania, metropolitan loneliness, boozy existential despair, all blissfully bathed in the neon-hazed hue of lovingly synthesized 80s nostalgia!

    The fitfully likeable, irksomely opinionated Ennio's maddeningly circuitous path to desperately locate a valuable missing tape, finally get free of debt, and find love is rarely less than compelling cinema. Ennio's stultifying insular, basement-dwelling inertia is considerably brightened by the arrival of 80s music fan, Egypt-loving dipso Simone Karlsson (Lena Nilsson). And the film's elusive nemesis 'Faceless' makes for an eerie peripheral presence, and the Giallo pastiche is amusingly staged, and the slew of euro-cult references are a delight, especially edifying is the lurid discussion over Rosalba Neri's 'body part' double in Fernando Di Leo's gruesome Giallo 'Slaughter Hotel'. An additional B-Movie bonus is the spot the-cult-movie game director Kristian A. Söderström clearly wants us to play, as 'Videoman' features 'Eye-Patching' excerpts from Bo Arne Vibenius's iconic 'Thriller: A cruel picture', and his lesser-known grindhouse classic 'Breaking Point', with a splendidly grisly 'insert' from Carlo Vanzina's cult 80s slasher 'Nothing Underneath'. Metalheads might also appreciate the brief cameo by writer/musician Daniel Ekeroth as fellow video collector Jonas 'Franco' Karlsson. 'Videoman' is a delightfully vivid, deliciously downbeat drama that is well worth 'tracking' down!'
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    • Release date
      • August 24, 2018 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • Sweden
    • Official sites
      • 1. Official Site
      • 7. World of Film AB (Sweden)
    • Languages
      • Swedish
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Videomannen
    • Filming locations
      • Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
    • Production companies
      • World of Film
      • Film i Väst
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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