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Avalon (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

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

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

Running Time:
78 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Axel Petersén

Written By:
Axel Petersén

Actors:
Johannes Brost ..... Janne
Peter Carlberg ..... Klas
Léonore Ekstrand ..... Jackie
Charlotte Wandt ..... Agnes
August Wittgenstein ..... Michel
Stefan Huynh ..... Tommy
Simas Lindesis ..... Donatas
Peter Lorentzon ..... Stefan
Henrik Lilliér ..... Becker
Migle Polikeviciute ..... Irina
Rikard Johansson ..... Sommargalleristen
Jennifer Lila ..... Charlotte
Etienne Petersén ..... Björn
Malou Stiller ..... Stefanie
Michael Preber ..... Nic

Synopsis:

The '80s haven't ended for Janne (Brost). True, he's just gotten free of a court-ordered ankle bracelet (what he did to deserve it isn't quite explained), but now he's gone into partnership with Klas (Peter Carlberg), to open a new nightclub in the Swedish suburbs, called Avalon (inspired by the Roxy Music hit, which is part of the soundtrack). Klas has gone to some shady sources for financing, but all is going well -- it's tennis week at Bastad and the customers are lining up. Then Janne and his equally irresponsible sister, Jackie (terrific first-timer Leonore Ekstrand) go drinking and driving, knock down some scaffolding and kill a Lithuanian immigrant who's been working on the roof.

Bona-fide scoundrels are seldom a movie's centerpiece, and the character in the middle of helmer Axel Petersen's splendid debut feature "Avalon," doesn't quite qualify as a hard-core villain. Still, the baggy-eyed ex-party boy, ex-felon, club promoter and general reprobate, played by Johannes Brost, is a longshot for sympathy, which makes Petersen's moral juggling act seem all the more impressive. The usual distrib obstacles will apply to this Swedish-language production, but Petersen is a talent to watch, and specialty houses could do respectable biz with a film that echoes some of the best of recent Scandinavian art cinema.

Janne, a 60 year old party promoter is arranging a nightclub at the annual tennis week in the small coastal town of Båstad, where he also teams up with his older sister Jackie. But an accident turns his life upside down and forced by the people around him, he desperately seeks a way out.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 09 September, 2012.

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