Bessere Zeiten
(2010)
Regisseur:
Pernilla AugustSchauspieler:
Noomi Rapace, Outi Mäenpää, Ville Virtanen, Ola RapaceVöllig unerwartet erhält Leena (Noomi Rapace) am Morgen des Lucia-Festes einen Anruf vom Krankenhaus in Ystad, ihre Mutter ist schwer erkrankt und liegt im Sterben. Auf Initative von Leenas Gatten Johan (Ola Rapace) brechen die beiden gemeinsam mit ihren zwei Töchtern in die knapp 600 Kilometer entfernte Stadt im Süden Schwedens auf. Doch Leena hat kaum Grund zur Freude. Ihr fällt es schwer, zu ihrer Mutter zu fahren, denn dadurch muss sie sich ihrer Kindheit stellen, welche alles andere als glücklich verlief...
A poignant story, told with sincerity and humor, about a young woman´s dramatic childhood and about her grief and the struggle to move on. Noomi Rapace plays the main character in her first feature after the success with the Millennium trilogy and she plays opposite her husband, actor Ola Rapace.Award winning actress Pernilla August makes her directorial debut with her take on the bestselling novel Svinalängorna by Susanna Alakoski.In other main roles we see rising star Tehilla Blad and the Finnish acclaimed actors, Ville Virtanen and Outi Mäenpää.A morning just before Christmas, Leena, 34, receives a phone call from a hospital in her childhood hometown telling her that her mother is dying. This news takes her on a journey to face her mother for the first time in her adult life. Leena has fought all her life to let go of her grief over her lost and dark childhood. She is now forced to deal with her past to be able to move on.
A poignant story, told with sincerity and humor, about a young woman´s dramatic childhood and about her grief and the struggle to move on. Noomi Rapace plays the main character in her first feature after the success with the Millennium trilogy and she plays opposite her husband, actor Ola Rapace.Award winning actress Pernilla August makes her directorial debut with her take on the bestselling novel Svinalängorna by Susanna Alakoski.In other main roles we see rising star Tehilla Blad and the Finnish acclaimed actors, Ville Virtanen and Outi Mäenpää.A morning just before Christmas, Leena, 34, receives a phone call from a hospital in her childhood hometown telling her that her mother is dying. This news takes her on a journey to face her mother for the first time in her adult life. Leena has fought all her life to let go of her grief over her lost and dark childhood. She is now forced to deal with her past to be able to move on.
