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Amateurs

Original title: Amatörer
  • 2018
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
735
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Amateurs (2018)
ComedyDrama

A sleepy Swedish province hopes to lure a discount store chain by hiring a pompous commercial director to document their town's worthiness, but two bright, brash high school girls from immig... Read allA sleepy Swedish province hopes to lure a discount store chain by hiring a pompous commercial director to document their town's worthiness, but two bright, brash high school girls from immigrant families use their cellphones and selfie sticks to tell the real story.A sleepy Swedish province hopes to lure a discount store chain by hiring a pompous commercial director to document their town's worthiness, but two bright, brash high school girls from immigrant families use their cellphones and selfie sticks to tell the real story.

  • Director
    • Gabriela Pichler
  • Writers
    • Jonas Hassen Khemiri
    • Gabriela Pichler
  • Stars
    • Zahraa Aldoujaili
    • Yara Aliadotter
    • Fredrik Dahl
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    735
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gabriela Pichler
    • Writers
      • Jonas Hassen Khemiri
      • Gabriela Pichler
    • Stars
      • Zahraa Aldoujaili
      • Yara Aliadotter
      • Fredrik Dahl
    • 4User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Zahraa Aldoujaili
    • Aida
    Yara Aliadotter
    • Dana
    Fredrik Dahl
    • Musse
    Shada Ismaeel
    • Aidas moster
    Maria Nohra
    • Noor
    Susanne Hedman
    • Läraren Kerstin
    Jan Cruseman
    • Filmaren Roland
    Mimmi Fasth
    • Kommuntjänsteman Lisa
    Hans Neumayer
    • Kommunchef Bengt
    Hans Andersson
    • Kommuntjänsteman Lars-Erik
    Anna Andersson
    • Kommuntjänsteman Margareta
    Joakim Adriansson
    • Kommuntjänsteman Dan
    Rukmalene Dahl
    • Musses mamma
    Persin Abdulrahman
    • Danas mamma
    Boban Petrovski
    • Danas bonuspappa
    Stefan Alkström
    • Sponsorn Lafors entreprenad
    Habtom Mahdere
    • Fabriksanställd
    Arnold Bitai
    • Fabriksanställd
    • Director
      • Gabriela Pichler
    • Writers
      • Jonas Hassen Khemiri
      • Gabriela Pichler
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    8lesslord

    <3

    Heart-warming movie in the increasingly cold times. Touching, authentic and very immersive. Directed in a crude, but lovely charming way in the middle of buttfück-nowhere in Sweden. Good piece on solidarity in a multifaceted Sweden, but without the usual Kitsch and PC. All the best to you people, who were involved with creating this small - but - very, very beautiful film. Warm Regards...From Tyskland!
    10arunothia

    Beautiful film <3

    I loved this film. You'll kind of live in Sweden with those kids while watching it. The movie has a very good story schemed into an everyday plot. The bond between the girls just melted my heart. Everyone has played their part really well. I recommend this movie to everyone!
    9sarajevo-2

    My favorite film of the year so far!

    The film opens with an incongruous and comic rodeo in the small Swedish town of Lafors - Swedish rodeo???? (one of Lafors' dying industries is tanning leather). Here we get glimpses of some of the characters whom we will get to know better as the film progresses.

    In the hopes of luring a big German supermarket (Superbilly) to Lafors, the town council decides to make a marketing film to showcase some of the charms of this town beset with a couple of dying industries. However, without a budget, one of the council members, Musse (Frederick Dahl), a Tamil immigrant who has assimilated so completely he cannot speak Tamil to his demented mother who has forgotten her Swedish, comes up with the idea of asking the secondary school kids to make videos of their town. The results are 'personal', as their teacher says (and quite funny), and in desperation the council gets funding from a local construction company to hire a professional. But two immigrant girls who have made one of the 'personal' films decide to keep filming. As the professional and the amateurs make their videos, various tensions in the town are slowly unveiled.

    "Amateurs' has a double meaning in the film - almost all the actors are actually amateurs as well, including the talented and charismatic girls (Aida played by Zahraa Aldoujaili and Dana played by Yara Aliadotter) and the equally talented Musse (trying to figure out a word to describe him, I kept coming up with 'lovable').

    The film is beautifully sequenced. We come to see well-meaning Swedes grappling with situations where some subtle prejudices are uncovered, and the girls uncovering reasons why a big supermarket coming to town is not the balm it seems.

    The relationship between the immigrant girls is wonderful, and gorgeously acted and directed. Gabriela Pichler, the director, said they searched for a year to find the actors, and then spent nine months getting them ready to film, and the care taken shows, as well as the talents of the leads. Aida is tough and uncompromising, Dana soft and sweet. Musse's amiability is tried dearly as he sees he is not as accepted as he had thought. As the three interact with their families and the people of the town, the film transitions from light and funny to deep and bittersweet. We discover an amazing friendship and insights into the tensions people of different backgrounds create and respond to as they interact.

    In addition to the excellent acting from both the principals and the supporting actors, the film is beautifully shot and the drama and comedy are superb. It is probably my favorite film of the year.

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    • Release date
      • March 16, 2018 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • Sweden
    • Languages
      • Romanian
      • German
      • Serbian
      • Swedish
      • English
      • Arabic
      • Tamil
      • Kurdish
      • Bosnian
    • Also known as
      • Amatörer
    • Production companies
      • Film i Väst
      • Garagefilm International
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,557
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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