The King of Ping Pong
Thursday 19 Nov, at 7pm
(Ping-pongkingen, Sweden 2008) 112min, R11, Language: Swedish, subtitles: Finnish
Director: Jens Jonsson, production: Jan Blomgren/BOB Film Sweden Ab, script: Jens Jonsson, Hans Gunnarsson, cinematography: Askild Vik Edvardsen, editing: Kristofer Nordin, music: Martin Willert, cast: Jerry Johansson, Hampus Johansson, Ann-Sofie Nurmi, Georgi Staykov
16-year-old Rille is overweighed and bullied. He is a complete nothing – except in the ping pong room of the youth centre where he is the King of Ping Pong. His little brother Erik is funny, charming and admired by others. Despite of their differences the brothers stick together. During the winter holiday a family secret is revealed to the boys and the life of the whole family is turned upside down. The King of Ping Pong is a warm and tragicomedic drama about brotherhood.
Millennium: Part 1 - Men Who Hate Women
Friday 20 Nov, at 9pm
(Män som hatar kvinnor, Sweden, Denmark 2009) 154min, R15, Language: Swedish, subtitles: Finnish
Director: Niels Arden Oplev, production: Yellow Birds Films, Nordisk Film, Sveriges Television, ZDF Enterprises, script: Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg, cinematography: Eric Kress, editing: Anne Østerud, music: Jacob Groth, cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Peter Haber, Lena Endre, Sven-Bertil Taube
Mikael Blomqvist is a journalist in an economic journal and is sentenced to prison for slander. During his sticky situation Mikael gets a peculiar proposition from an ex-director of a family firm, Henrik Vagner. He has to solve the mystical disappearance of Vagner’s niece which happened in 1966. Mikael gets assistance from a young hacker called Lisbeth Salander. Together they dig deep into the history of the Vagner family which is revealed to be darker than either one of the two had expected.
Maria Larsson’s Everlasting Moment
Saturday 21 Nov, at 9pm
(Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick, Sweden/Denmark/Norway/Finland/Germany 2008) 113min, R11, Language: Swedish, Finnish, Subtitles: Finnish
Director: Jan Troell, production: Final Cut Production, script: Niklas Rådström, cinematography: Jan Troell, Mischa Gavrjusjov, editing: Niels Pagh Andersen, cast: Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christenssen, Antti Reini
The characters of the movie by a Swedish veteran director Jan Troell live in a time of social change in the early 20th century Sweden. A young Finnish Swede Maria Larsson (Maria Heiskanen) lives under miserable circumstances with her children and alcoholic and unfaithful husband. One day Maria wins a camera in a raffle and that changes the young woman’s life forever.
