A Summer Tale

Den bästa sommaren
Directed by	Ulf Malmros
Produced by	Lars Jönsson
Written by	Ulf Malmros ; Lars Johansson
Music by	Dan Sundquist ; Henrik Medquist
Cinematography	Mats Olofsson
Edited by	Fredrik Abrahamsen, Michal Leszczylowski
Production; company	Zentropa
Distributed by	Film i Väst ; Sonet Film ; Sandrew Metronome
Release date	8 March 2000;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Sweden, Denmark
Language	Swedish

A Summer Tale is a 2000 Swedish-Danish comedy-drama. Its original Swedish title is Den bästa sommaren, which means "The Best Summer". Written and directed by Ulf Malmros, the film stars Kjell Bergqvist, Rebecca Scheja, Cecilia Nilsson, and Brasse Brännström, and was produced by Zentropa and Memfis Film.

Plot

The film takes place in 1958 in Molkom, where two children, Mårten from Stockholm and Annika from Uppsala, will be "summer children" to Yngve Johansson, who every summer takes children to his home, but it has been bad earlier years. In the beginning Mårten and Annika don't like Yngve, but they love each other more and more and they also start liking Yngve. Maybe he isn't as bad as they think? This summer'll move everything in their life for all future.

Cast

Kjell Bergqvist as Yngve Johansson
Anastasios Soulis as Mårten
Rebecca Scheja as Annika
Cecilia Nilsson as Miss Svanström
Brasse Brännström as Sven
Marcus Hasselborg as Harald, Sven's son
Gachugo Makini as Jacques
Göran Thorell as Erik Olsson, man working for Barnavårdsnämnden
Ann Petrén as Mrs Ljungström
Eivin Dahlgren as Headwaiter
Anna Kristina Kallin as Doctor
Ralph Carlsson as Priest
Jerker Fahlström as Postman
Johan Holmberg as Policeman

Production

The film was shot at Björkås Herrgård in Vargön, Restad Gård in Vänersborg, Anten-Gräfsnäs Railway, in Upphärad and in Sjuntorp. It premiered (in Sweden) on 8 March 2000 and is recommended from 7 years.

External links

A Summer Tale on IMDb
A Summer Tale at the Swedish Film Institute Database
A Summer Tale in the Danish Film Database

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