Sven Nordin
Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.
Ravn, a respected physician, is desperately seeking a cure for his dying wife, Vilma. When the hospital stops her further treatment, Ravn continues working in secret. He is aided by the corrupt civil defence man Leif, a doomsday prepper and former patient of his. Deep underground, Ravn and Leif open an illegal clinic for treating off-the-grid patients. The clinic finances Ravn’s research into a cure for Vilma, while Leif increases his position among the criminal and the paranoid who live outside the welfare state. As Ravn has to cross more and more ethical lines, he frequently clashes with Leif, but clings to the hope of bringing his beloved Vilma back. Will love prevail? Or will Leif’s fantasy of society collapsing become a reality?
An adaptation of Hjalmar Söderberg’s novel The Serious Game from 1912. The great Swedish love story.
Lilyhammer is a Norwegian-American television series, starring Steven Van Zandt, about a New York gangster trying to start a new life in far away Lillehammer in Norway. The spelling of the series title alludes to Lily—Tagliano’s dog—killed in an attempt on Tagliano’s life, and the way some anglophones mispronounce the name of the town.
When Roy Gundersen released from prison after two years for participating in an illegal street race, he is determined to get his life back on track. He has reached the bottom, bankrupt, and in an attempt to improve his life and be a good role model for his daughter Nina, he begins to work at a gas station. When Roy’s pregnant girlfriend organizes an “out of jail” party, some of his old racing enemies shows up and challenges him to be part of a new race. From Fosnavåg and then through Sweden and Finland before it ends up in Murmansk. Roy refuses. He tries to stay on the field and would rather spend their time with Nina than running races. But when Roy finds out that Nina will be involved in over his head with her boyfriend Charlie, he must try to stop her. It gets wild and difficult; over mountains, slippery roads and icy lakes. Theres also a hunt between the cars and the police, who do everything they can to stop the race.