''Pure'' (; ) is a 2010 Swedish drama film directed and written by

Lisa Langseth Lisa Langseth (born 20 April 1975) is a Swedish screenwriter and film director. Her writing and directing film credits include ''Pure (2009 film), Pure'' (2009), ''Hotell'' (2013) and ''Euphoria (2017 film), Euphoria'' (2017). Career Langseth b ...

Alicia Vikander Alicia Amanda Vikander (; ; born 3 October 1988) is a Swedish actress. List of awards and nominations received by Alicia Vikander, Her accolades include an Academy Award and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and three British Academy Film ...

's performance won the

Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role The Guldbagge for Best Actress in a Leading Role is a Sweden, Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) as part of the Guldbagge Awards (Swedish: "Guldbaggen") to Film actress, actresses working in the Swedish film ...

at the

46th Guldbagge Awards The 46th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Sweden, Swedish 2010 in film, films of 2010 and took place January 24, 2011, at Cirkus (Stockholm), Cirkus in Stockholm. The jury presented Guldbagge Awa ...

Plot

20-year-old Katarina (

) finds solace in Mozart's music despite the difficult circumstances she lives in. Her mother is an alcoholic, and she relies on her boyfriend Mattias (

Martin Wallström Carl Martin Gunnar Wallström Milkéwitz (born 7 July 1983) is a Swedish television and film actor. A successful actor in his home country, he is best known internationally for his 2015 American debut role as Tyrell Wellick in the USA Network c ...

) for support. Despite having little in common, Mattias accompanies Katarina to a classical concert to fulfil her love for Mozart. However, after a fight with some students, Katarina loses her job at the school and finds herself wandering aimlessly. By chance, she ends up at the municipal concert hall, where she is mistaken for a job seeker and invents a dramatic story about her mother. This leads to her being hired as a receptionist. Katarina pretends to be the daughter of an Australian concert pianist who died from cancer. As she immerses herself in the world of classical music, she becomes distant from both Mattias and her mother. Eventually, Katarina is promoted to a higher position in the youth department of the concert hall. There, she meets a conductor named Adam, who is much older and has a family. Despite Katarina's lie being exposed, Adam remains interested in her due to the mystery surrounding her as the orphan of a concert pianist.

Cast

as Katarina *

Samuel Fröler Per Samuel Fröler (born 24 March 1957) is a Swedish actor. His break-through was in the TV series Tre Kärlekar in 1989. He played the protagonist in the drama series ''Skärgårdsdoktorn'', and has also acted in several films. At the 28th Guldba ...

as Adam *

as Mattias * Josephine Bauer as Birgitta * Helén Söderqvist Henriksson as personnel manager * Kim Lantz as janitor * Frederik Nilsson as Henrik * Elisabeth Göransson as Agneta, social secretary * Ylva Gallon as nurse *

Anna Åström Anna Åström (born 5 November 1990) is a Sweden, Swedish actress born in Gråbo, near Lerum. Career Anna Åström has been seen in leading roles in features such as ''Home is Here'' and ''Us (Vi)'' and had supporting roles in a variety of other ...

as Cicci * Magnus Lindberg as Nille

References

External links

* 2010 films 2010 drama films Films directed by Lisa Langseth Films with screenplays by Lisa Langseth Swedish drama films Films set in Gothenburg 2010s Swedish films {{2010s-Sweden-film-stub