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A mother abducts her own children in Charter, a riveting watch from writer-director Amanda Kernell (Sami Blood). Norwegian actress Ane Dahl Torp puts in a powerhouse turn as Alice, the desperate, impetuous divorcée who decides to take her daughter and son to Tenerife amid a bitter custody battle. The courts seem set to favor their father Mattias (Sverrir Gudnason), with whom they are currently living in Sweden. Alice grabs them out of school and on a plane to the Canary Islands, where they try to enjoy a holiday of sorts before the police can close in.

While there is plenty of tension in the basic set up to Sweden’s submission for the International Feature Oscar category, intrigue is added by the mysteries of Alice’s character. She’s a fascinating person to decode: unpredictable, playful, principled about certain things and not about others. Her driving force is her love for her children,...

TrustNordisk closes a new round of deals on Amanda Kernell’s second feature.

TrustNordisk has confirmed new deals on Amanda Kernell’s Charter, which was has been selected as Sweden’s Best International Feature Oscar nominee.

The latest round of sales includes to: Greece and Cyprus (Rosebud), Spain (Filmin), Poland (Mayfy), Estonia (Estin Film), Mexico (Bestiario Films) and Israel (Yes Dbs Satellite Service).

Charter is Kernell’s second feature, after the acclaimed Sami Blood, and had its world premiere in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition.

The story follows a Swedish mother’s desperate move to abduct her own children...

The second feature from Sami Blood director Amanda Kernell is about a Swedish mother’s desperate move to abduct her own children.

TrustNordisk has closed deals on Amanda Kernell’s Charter for Benelux (September Films) and Lithuania (Scanorama).

The film had its world premiere in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition and also played in the Nordic competition at Goteborg.

The second feature from Sami Blood director Kernell is about a Swedish mother’s desperate move to abduct her own children on a trip to the Canary Islands because she fears she will lose custody of them.

Ane Dahl Torp...

One is eight years old, one’s 14. One clings to mom without knowing what else to do, the other resents her. They’d be stereotypes if they actually had some surroundings to ascribe their views, but as it stands, they’re something a little more than that. Meet Vincent (Troy Lundkvist) and Elina (Tintin Poggats Sarri), two siblings who have been living with their dad (Sverrir Gudnason) for the past few months. They haven’t seen their mom, Alice (Ane Dahl Torp), since she decided to go on her own for a while, but when she gets a call from him one night, she springs into caring.

That isn’t necessarily to say that she didn’t care before; it’s more that she didn’t realize she had to care more. Likewise, to get a call from a child declaring their disdain for their living situation isn’t so much a cry for help.