A love story between two young men where one is the androgynous Sebastian and another is Andreas who is not gay. They form a unity. It’s them against the polished Swedish Ikea-society. They dream about escaping boredom and the risk of becoming what everyone else is. And then there is Ellie – the superwoman growing inside of Sebastian whom Andreas loves and fears. This is the summer when everything happens and both of them will choose paths that will determinate their lives forever. It’s a battle for love where Sebastian finally has to realise that he has to let Ellie loose, find the strength within him and not let his happiness depend on someone else.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 20 min.
- Country, year
- Sweden, 2014
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Swedish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Ester Martin Bergsmark
- Screenplay
- Eli Levén, Ester Martin Bergsmark
- Cinematography
- Lisabi Fridell, Minka Jakerson
- Cast
- Saga Becker, Iggy Malmborg, Shima Niavarani, Mattias Åhlé
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Mai Zetterling Grant, nominated for Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film
- Tiger Award
- nominated for Best Narrative Feature.
Director
Ester Martin Bergsmark
Ester Martin Bergsmark was born in 1982 in Stockholm, Sweden. He trained at the Swedish University College of Arts, Crafts and Design. With Mark Hammarberg he made Maggie in Wonderland (2008), which was awarded the Prize for Best European Documentary at Doc Alliance 2009 and a Guldbagge Award for Best Swedish Documentary; his other film credits include Fruitcake (2010) and She Male Snails (2012), which won the Audience Award, Prize for Best Cinematography, and Honorary Mention for Best Nordic Film at Göteborg International Film Festival. The film was screened in Scanorama.
