Beyond ( Svinalängorna ) ( Sikalat (Sovinto) )

Beyond (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Svinalängorna
Alternate Title: Sikalat (Sovinto)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Swedish ( Dolby DTS 5.1 )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Pernilla August

Written By:
Pernilla August
Susanna Alakoski

Actors:
Noomi Rapace ..... Leena
Ola Rapace ..... Johan
Outi Mäenpää ..... Aili
Ville Virtanen ..... Kimmo
Tehilla Blad ..... Leena - as child
Junior Blad ..... Sakari
Alpha Blad ..... Marja
Selma Cuba ..... Flisan
Minna Haapkylä ..... Helmi
Håkan Bengtsson ..... Veikko
Julia Öhrström-Jönsson ..... Riita
Lotten Roos ..... Inga-Lill
Rasmus Troedsson ..... Sten Hård
Simon J. Berger ..... Bengt Brink
Kerstin Andersson ..... Margareta Persson

Synopsis:

A poignant story, told with sincerity and humor, about a young woman´s dramatic childhood and about her grief and the struggle to move on. Noomi Rapace plays the main character in her first feature after the success with the Millennium trilogy and she plays opposite her husband, actor Ola Rapace.Award winning actress Pernilla August makes her directorial debut with her take on the bestselling novel Svinalängorna by Susanna Alakoski.In other main roles we see rising star Tehilla Blad and the Finnish acclaimed actors, Ville Virtanen and Outi Mäenpää.A morning just before Christmas, Leena, 34, receives a phone call from a hospital in her childhood hometown telling her that her mother is dying. This news takes her on a journey to face her mother for the first time in her adult life. Leena has fought all her life to let go of her grief over her lost and dark childhood. She is now forced to deal with her past to be able to move on.

A drama set in 1970s Sweden and centred on a young woman's experiences growing up in a home riddled with abuse and alcoholism.

1970s, Sweden. Focuses on a young woman's experiences growing up in a home riddled with abuse and alcoholism.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 26 July, 2011.

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