''Nobody Owns Me'' () is a 2013 Swedish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Kjell-Åke Andersson Kjell-Åke Gunnar Andersson (born 7 June 1949) is a Swedish Film director, director, screenwriter, and cinematographer from Malmö. His 1992 film, ''Night of the Orangutan'', was nominated for Guldbagge Award for Best Film, Best Film, Guldbagge ...

. The film is based on the novel of the same name by

Åsa Linderborg Åsa Natacha Linderborg (née Andersson, born 20 May 1968) is a Swedish writer, columnist and historian . She writes regularly for ''Aftonbladet'', where she works as chief cultural editor. Åsa Linderborg was born in the city of Västerås, whe ...

, and stars

Mikael Persbrandt Mikael Åke Persbrandt (; born 25 September 1963) is a Swedish actor. In Swedish films, he is perhaps best known for playing Gunvald Larsson in the ''Beck'' series of movies. He is internationally known for his starring role in the Academy Awar ...

Tanja Lorentzon Tanja Mirjam Cecilia Lorentzon (née Tanja Mirjam Cecilia Koukonen; born 25 September 1971), previously known as Tanja Svedjeström, is a Sweden-Finnish actress and dramatist of Finnish descent. Internationally, she is probably best known for h ...

och

Sten Ljunggren Sten Ivar Ljunggren (born 16 October 1938) is a Swedish character actor. He played Henrik in the long-running Swedish drama TV series '' Svenska hjärtan'', which aired between 1987 and 1998. Other notable roles includes criminal inspector Len ...

was nominated and won in the category

Best Actor in a Leading Role The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading ro ...

at the 49th Guldbagge Awards.

Plot

The film depicts a lone father's (

) relationship with his daughter after his wife (

) leaves him. It is a story about alcoholism, child vulnerability, but also about love, betrayal and

left-wing politics Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social ...

in 1970s

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

Cast

as Hasse *

as Katja * Ida Engvoll as Lisa, 25 years old * Saga Samuelsson as Lisa, 11 years old * Ping Mon Wallén as Lisa, 8 years old *

as paternal Grandfather *

Barbro Oborg Barbro Christina Oborg Ljunggren (born 3 July 1941) is a Swedish actress. She is married to Sten Ljunggren Sten Ivar Ljunggren (born 16 October 1938) is a Swedish character actor. He played Henrik in the long-running Swedish drama TV seri ...

as paternal Grandmother * Magnus Roosmann as Lennart * Peter Carlberg as Roffe * Anna Blomberg as Roffe's wife *

Linn Skåber Linn Skåber (born 31 March 1970) is a Norwegian actress, singer, comedian, text writer and TV personality. She made her stage début on Oslo Nye Teater (''Centralteatret'') in 1997, playing the title role in Goldoni's comic opera '' Mirandol ...

as Sonja * Anna Wallander as Görel * Marie Delleskog as Teacher * Eva Millberg as maternal Grandmother * Nils Moritz as Julle * Fernando Concha as Uncle Guido * Kim Lantz as Man at the yard * Roger Siik as Colleague at the steelworks

Production

The film was shot between September 17 and November 12, 2012 in

Trollhättan Trollhättan () is the 23rd-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Göta älv, near the lake Vänern, and has a population of approximately 50,000 in the city proper. It is loc ...

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

Piteå Piteå (; ) is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. Piteå is Sweden's 58th largest city, with a population of 23,326. Geography Piteå is located at the mouth of the Pite River (), at the shore of ...

and

Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; ; ) is a Cities in Sweden, city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the County Administrative Boards of Sweden, capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban ...

, from a script by Pia Gradvall. It was produced by Francy Suntinger, the company Filmlance International AB, and premiered on November 8, 2013.

References

External links

* * {{Sfdb title Swedish drama films Films shot in Gothenburg Films shot in Trollhättan Films shot in Piteå Films shot in Luleå Films directed by Kjell-Åke Andersson Films based on Swedish novels Films set in the 1970s 2010s Swedish-language films 2010s Swedish films