With: Rolf Lassgård (Ove), Bahar Pars (Parvaneh), Filip Berg (young Ove), Ida Engvoll (Sonja), Tobias Almborg (Patrick), Kals Wiljergård (Jimmy), Chatarina Larsson (Anita), Börje Lundberg (Rune), Stefan Gödicke (Ove’s father), Johan Widerberg (Vitskjortan), Anna-Lena Bergelin (journalist Lena)
Director: Hannes Holm
Producer: Annica Bellander, Nicklas Wikst Nicastro
Production co: Tre Vanner, Film I Vast, Nordisk Film, Swedish Television, Nordsvensk Filmunderhallning, Fante Film
Screenplay: Hannes Holm, based on the novel by Fredrik Backman
Photography: Goran Hallberg
Editor: Fredrik Morheden
​Music: Gaute Storaas
REVIEWS
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“Based on Swedish author Fredrik Backman’s bestselling novel, this feelgood black comedy tracks Ove (Rolf Lassgård), a grumpy, grieving mechanic and ‘nit-picking obstructionist’ who’s just lost his job. A string of Ove’s suicide attempts are thwarted by a series of comically mundane interruptions, which introduce him to new neighbour Parvaneh (Bahar Pars), a straight-talking pregnant Persian with two small children who adore him. Filip Berg plays Ove the young man, giving context to his brittleness in flashback form. It’s moving, then, to see his cantankerousness melted away by Parvaneh’s sunny good nature. By giving voice to blue-collar anxieties before working to resolve them, the film suggests that community can cure almost all ailments.”

— Simran Hans, The Observer
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“Holm’s adaptation is a darkly funny, tragic, and ultimately heartwarming tearjerker about the life of one lonely but extraordinary man.”

— Devan Coggan
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Monday, 11 March, 7:30pm

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Wednesday, 1 May, 6:00pm

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Monday, 17 June, 7:00pm

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Thursday, 18 July, 6:00pm

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Friday, 6 September, 7:30pm

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Wednesday, 2 October, 6:15pm

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Monday, 14 October, 7:00pm
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