Der Kerl vom Land

This is a truly heartwarming film. I'm not the type that watches movies more than once or twice, but I've watched this at least 6 times. The soundtrack itself is worth listening to. It seems odd that it wasn't more popular outside Scandinavia. Perhaps if it had been dubbed into English it would have been more popular... If you are the type who doesn't watch something because you have to read subtitles, GET OVER IT! This is a great film, it will pull you in and make you think and remember to value the little things in your life. You will fall in love with the characters. The texting misinterprets more than one bit of humor, but it's easy enough to follow along anyway. Elisabet Carlsson (as Desirée) and Michael Nyqvist (as Benny) do an incredible job of bringing this story to life.

This film is filmed in the north of swedens biggest city, Luleå. I'm from Luleå myself, and that makes it all so much funnier. A farmer (played by Michael Nyqvist)meets a girl on the cementery, in the sabbath next to his mothers. The eat a sausage and the whole film ends up pretty good !

Another Swedish movie from the Stockholm horizon about a small city in the north of Sweden. Sometimes one wonders if you are supposed to laugh at the province and be assured in your prejudices. Probably that's the creator's idea.

This is about the dirty farmer who meets the librarian living an "unreal" life, which he obviously isn't. There is absolutely no surprises here. From the beginning to the end you know what will happen the next three minutes. OK acting by Elisabeth Carlsson and especially by Michael Nyqvist, but you still feel disappointed like you thought you would.

A widow age 37 meets a guy at the church yard, she by her husbands grave and he by his parents (grabben i graven bredvid = the guy in the grave next door). She is a sofisticated librerean, she likes her italian espresso (with a twist of lemon), he likes his tea by introducing some teabags in his mouth, and placing the mouth under the hot water. This is a charming love story between the town and the country.

When Desirée, intellectual librarian with a mania for cleaning, meets and reluctantly falls for Benny, busy farmer with 24 milk cows and a 95-hour working week, everything is set up for a huge cultural clash. But what can they do when the sparks between them feels like "leaning against an electric fence"?

I thought that this dilemma was well illustrated, though sometimes a bit exaggerated - I don't believe that talking with your mouth full is typical "farmer behavior" - and the differences in life style between the two contracting parties gave rise to quite a few laughs in the movie theater. This movie also clearly illustrates how our opinion about someone is always colored by our prejudice, even if it's just unconsciously.

I recommend this film to everyone who likes Swedish movies, and also to those of you who, like me, are more sceptical to our nations film industry - this is a good one!