Alex (played by Vera Vitali) is in prison awaiting deportation. She doesn’t know where exactly she is or where she will be taken. Alex refuses to accept such destiny and decides to break free. In a community which is based on the power and the strong hierarchy, Alex is forced to confront the human nature and its dark sides. The White People is a film inspired by the science fiction.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 22 min.
- Country, year
- Sweden, Denmark, Finland, 2015
- Genre
- Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Mystical
- Language
- Swedish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Lisa Aschan
- Screenplay
- Johannes Anyuru, Lisa Aschan, Aleksander Motturi
- Producers
- Mimmi Spång, Anna-Maria Kantarius, Rebecka Lafrenz
- Cast
- Vera Vitali, Pernilla August, Issaka Sawadogo
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Stockholm Film Festival
Director
Lisa Aschan
Lisa Aschan, Swedish director and screenwriter, studied film studies in Sweden and Denmark. Her first feature film She Monkeys premiered at the Gothenburg Film Festival in 2011 and received the top competition prize, the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film. It also won festival’s FIPRESCI prize. The film received the award at the Tribeca Film Festival for Best Narrative Feature.
