IL Capitano
| Original Swedish Title | IL CAPITANO
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| Language | Swedish and Finnish
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| Drama
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| Script | Per-Olov Enquist, Jan Troell, Göran Zetterberg
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| Director | Jan Troell
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| Producer | Panfilm AB in co-production with the Swedish Film Institute, B.T.S. Productions AB, AB Film-Teknik and Four Seasons Venture Capital.
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| Duration | 105 mins
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| Released | 1992
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| Cast | "Jari" - Antti Reini, "Minna" - Maria Heiskanen
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Award-winning Film
by
JAN TROELL
This chilling fact-based film has become a Jan Troell Classic
BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL: Silver Bear Best Director Jan Troell
GULDBAGGE Sweden: Best Film
SWEDISH FILM CRITICS AWARD: Best Swedish Film
CHICAGO I NTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Gold Hugo Best actress Maria Heiskanen
FILM FESTIVAL BRÜGGE: Best Director Jan Troell. Best actor Antti Reini
"... as strong in thriller melodrama values as Bonnie and Clyde..."
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"... will attract considerable international interest."
VARIETY
Story:
On a warm Summer evening in a tiny village in Northern Sweden, two young Finns, in their early 20's, steal a bicycle. A simple, almost everyday crime, but the theft has fatal consequences: a whole family is murdered.