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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2013

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013

Focus on Sweden

Programme

6 films · 5 reviews

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Belleville Baby

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A fascinating meta-textual picture.

Scott Macdonald · 4.5 out of 5
The director looks back at her youthful romance in Paris with a small-time criminal.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2013; Director: Mia Engberg)

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Call Girl

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Feature debutant Mikael Marcimain matches the script’s fine balance between dramatic clarity and the more ambiguous intrigues of a conspiracy thriller with some pinpoint direction.

Michael Pattison · 3.5 out of 5
Two young teenage girls are caught up in a sex scandal that goes to the heart of the Swedish government. Based on a true story.

(Country: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Ireland; Year: 2012; Director: Mikael Marcimain; Writer: Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten; Stars: Sofia Karemyr, Simon J Berger, Josefin Asplund, Pernilla August, Anders Beckman, Sven Nordin, David Dencik, Hanna Ullerstam, Sverrir Gudnason)

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Roland Hassel (Hassel - Privatspanarna)

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Context can be everything and it's likely that the more you bring to Måns Månsson's odd docu-fiction hybrid the more you are likely to get out of it.

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
The iconic retired detective sets out to solve the mystery behind the assassination of Olof Palme.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2012; Director: Måns Månsson; Writer: Måns Månsson, Olov Svedelid; Stars: Lars-Erik Berenett, Paul Fried, Sven Anér, Hans Johansson, Göran Lambertz, Torbjörn Klartell, Roland Eriksson, Täppas Fogelberg)

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Sanctuary (Faro)

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This is a film that is worth looking closely at, as everything shows signs of great care and consideration, and Sanctuary is certainly worthy of it.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
A man on the run escapes, along with his daughter, into a dream.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2013; Director: Fredrik Edfeldt; Writer: Karin Arrhenius; Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Clara Christiansson, Maria Heiskanen, Göran Stangertz, Gunnel Fred, Per Burell, Lena Carlsson)

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Sir Arne's Treasure (Herr Arnes Pengar)

Three Scottish mercenaries murder a family and steal their treasure, but as they wait to return home one of them falls in love with the only survivor of the massacre.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 1919; Director: Mauritz Stiller; Stars: Richard Lund, Hjalmar Selander, Concordia Selander, Mary Johnson)

Up & Away (Up And Away, Bekas)

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As the kids, Zamand Taha and Sarwar Fazil are good, but their charm and cheeky grins aren't enough to save Up & Away.

Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
Two brothers and their donkey set off on a quest to travel from Kurdistan to America and meet their hero - Superman.

(Country: Sweden, Finland, Iraq; Year: 2012; Director: Karzan Kader; Writer: Karzan Kader; Stars: Zamand Taha, Sarwal Fazil, Diya Mariwan, Suliman Karim Mohamad, Rahim Hussen, Abdulrahman Mohamad, Shirwan Muhamad, Bahadin Halabjai, Nawzad Majid, Bakir Mustafa, Baxan Mohamad)

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