swedish
A Royal Secret : the real-life story of when the King of Sweden fell in love with a man
You may have to keep pinching yourself that this very intriguing TV mini-series is based on a true story as there are times when it simply belies belief. It’s the stuff of fairy tales when a King falls in love with a commoner although it’s usually with a member of the opposite sex, unlike…
Are We Lost Forever : the demise of a relationship
Swedish Filmmaker David Färdmar‘s debut feature film, an excellent queer romance, is an adaption of his short film ]No More We'( available to view on www.dekkoo.com) . Using the same two very talented lead actors, Färdmar expands the story of how this love affair turned sour. Adrian (Björn Elgerd) and Hampus (Jonathan Andersson) who…
My Father Marianne : a father daughter relationship with a difference
Swedish filmmaker Mårten Klingberg’s drama makes the act of transitioning for a 60 year old priest, married father of two, seem like a walk in the park even in this sleepy country town where the biggest event to happen is the Annual Potato Festival. Klingberg who adapted his story from a memoir but…
Keillers Park
This 2006 Swedish film is based on a real-life hate crime story that happened nine years earlier. It started with the unlikely relationship between Peter Mårten Klingberg a conservative Swedish engineer who ran his family’s old established business, and Nassim Pjotr Giro a free spirited Algerian immigrant who occasionally worked as a waiter and dreamed on moving to Paris…
