Happy End
| Original Title | HAPPY END
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| Language | Swedish
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| Duration | 98 mins
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| Released | 1999
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| Production Company | CO.Film AB
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| Producer & Director | Christina Olofson
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| Screenplay | Soni Jörgensen
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| Editor | Stefan Sundlöf
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| Cinematographer | Robert Nordström
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| Cast | Harriet Andersson, Stefan Norrthon, Alexander Skarsgård, Robert Jelinek, Rebecka Hemse.
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A Film by
CHRISTINA OLOFSON
with
Harriet Andersson, Alexander Skarsgård and Rebecka Hemse
“..it’s a thoroughly watchable film and Andersson glows in a part that seems to have been written for her.”
“Happy End has its most appealing asset in the performance by veteran Bergman actress Harriet Andersson, who paints a moving portrait…”
“…the story provides ample scope for the two leads to create believable characters. Andersson is still a gem.”
VARIETY
Story:
HAPPY END is a story about Lukas, a self-absorbed young man adrift who meets Marja (Harriet Andersson), an experienced, older woman.
Lukas dreams of becoming a rock star. He escapes the city to his father's holiday flat in Visby, a town on the Baltic island of Gotland. But the flat has been rented out to Marja, an eccentric 69-year-old writer determined to complete her memoirs. Nothing can hold her back, least of all a confused dreamer. Much against their will, a friendship slowly develops. But Marja harbours a secret, and when the truth emerges their friendship is put to the test. Their stay on Gotland takes an unexpected turn....