Den blomstertid nu kommer (film)

Den blomstertid nu kommer
Directed by Crazy Pictures
Produced by Crazy Pictures
Written by
  • Crazy Pictures
  • Christoffer Nordenrot
Starring
  • Christoffer Nordenrot
  • Jesper Barkselius
  • Lisa Henni
  • Pia Halvorsen
Music by Gustaf Spetz
Cinematography Crazy Pictures
Production
company
Crazy Pictures AB
Distributed by SF Studios
Release date
  • 20 June 2018 (2018-06-20) (Sweden)
Running time
 129 minutes
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Budget $2.2 million[1]
(18.5 million Swedish kronor)[2]

Den blomstertid nu kommer is a 2018 Swedish thriller disaster war movie produced by Crazy Pictures, starring Christoffer Nordenrot, Lisa Henni, Jesper Barkselius and Pia Halvorsen. The film imagines a scenario in which Sweden is invaded during a rainy summer.

Plot

In 2005, Alex lives in a village with his mother and his aggressive father Björn. His mother leaves the family, and Alex's closest friend Anna moves to Stockholm. Alex decides to leave his father and moves to a relative.[3]

Ten years later, Alex lives in Stockholm and is now a famous pianist. During Midsummer, there are multiple explosions in Stockholm. Alex splits with his manager and decides to go back to his home village to buy the church organ he and Anna used to play on when they were younger. There, Alex meets Anna again who has moved back to the village. The attacks on Sweden worsen to include people recklessly driving and crashing cars in the rainy summer. The electricity and mobile networks are hit and become unavailable.

At the same time in Alex's home village, his father Björn fights off armed men from entering a restricted area with access to the electricity network. Civilians come there to seek safety in the bombshelter, including Alex and Anna. They have contact with the military via radio and go to meet them in the village church. Helicopters shoot at them, but Björn takes down a helicopter from his airplane, saving Alex and Anna, however Björn's airplane crashes.

The film ends with a scene in the village church, which has been destroyed and is on fire. Alex and Anna stand in the rain facing each other, having lost their recent memories due to chemicals in the rain as part of the attacks. Anna is taken away by the military. The very last clip of the film features Putin – suggesting that Russia were behind the attacks.[4][5]

Cast

  • Christoffer Nordenrot - Alex
  • Lisa Henni - Anna
  • Jesper Barkselius - Björn
  • Pia Halvorsen - Eva
  • Magnus Sundberg - Konny
  • Krister Kern - Kim
  • Karin Bertling - Farmor
  • Ulrika Bäckström - Klara
  • Alexej Manvelov - Tholén
  • Yngve Dahlberg - Emil
  • Linda Kulle - Pettersson
  • Håkan Ehn - Lasse
  • Tarmo Sakari Hietala - Bärplockaren
  • Niklas Jarneheim - Morbror Erik
  • Arvin Kananian - Sharokh
  • Lo Lexfors - Elin
  • Liselott Lindeborg - Lenny
  • Rickard Lundqvist - Landers
  • Carlos Paulsson - Polis
  • Rikard Svensson - Jögga
  • Johan Wåhlin - Råsmark
  • Eleonor Leone - Julia
  • Erik Bolin - Insatsledare
  • Magdalena Eshaya - Tiggaren

Production

Financing

The financing of the film started as a crowdfunded project on Kickstarter in 2015, where the project received 800,000 Swedish kronor ($100,000 as of June 2018).[2] After the initial crowdsourced funding, the film received more traditional funding,[2] from SF Bio, Svenska Bio and others.[6] The final budget for the film was 18.5 million Swedish kronor ($2.2 million[1] as of June 2018).[2][7]

Music

Gustaf Spetz composed the soundtrack to the film.[8] It features a version of the Swedish traditional summertime hymn Den blomstertid nu kommer, after which the film is named. The hymn is associated with summer and the film is set during Midsummer.

Release

The film was released in Sweden on 20 June 2018, two days before Midsummer in Sweden, with the film itself being set during Midsummer. The Swedish title of the film is a reference to a traditional summertime hymn strongly associated with summer.

During the first weekend after its release, Den blomstertid nu kommer was the second most seen film in cinemas in Sweden.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Wild Bunch Acquires Disaster Movie 'The Unthinkable' for France, Italy". Variety. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Demirian, Natalie (19 June 2018). "Sverige under attack i midsommarens storfilm" (in Swedish). Metro. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Kvandal, Magnus (15 June 2018). "Recension: "Den blomstertid nu kommer"". King (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  4. ↑ Lindvall, Sebastian (20 June 2018). "Actionscenerna bäst när katastrofen drabbar Sverige". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Svd.se. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018.
  5. ↑ Blomberg, Jonatan (22 June 2018). "Vi måste prata om det grymma slutet av "Den blomstertid nu kommer"" (in Swedish). Moviezine. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  6. ↑ TT (20 June 2018). "Östgötarna som får filmduken att explodera". Upsala Nya Tidning (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  7. ↑ Hainer, Caroline (15 June 2018). "Filmrecension: "Den blomstertid nu kommer"" (in Swedish). SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Sandelin, Ann-Charlotte (12 June 2018). "Crazy Pictures inför galapremiären". Kultursidan.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  9. ↑ Dunerfors, Alexander (25 June 2018). ""Den blomstertid nu kommer" är tvåa på biotoppen" (in Swedish). Moviezine. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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