A Summer Tale

Den bästa sommaren
Directed by Ulf Malmros
Produced by Lars Jönsson
Written by Ulf Malmros
Lars Johansson
Music by Dan Sundquist
Henrik Medquist
Cinematography Mats Olofsson
Edited by Fredrik Abrahamsen, Michal Leszczylowski
Production
company
Zentropa
Distributed by Film i Väst
Sonet Film
Sandrew Metronome
Release dates
  • 8 March 2000 (2000-03-08)
Running time
91 minutes
Country Sweden, Denmark
Language Swedish

A Summer Tale is a 2000 Swedish-Danish comedy-drama. Its original Swedish title is Den bästa sommaren, which means "The Best Summer". Written and directed by Ulf Malmros, the film stars Kjell Bergqvist, Rebecca Scheja, Cecilia Nilsson, and Brasse Brännström, and was produced by Zentropa and Memfis Film.

Plot

The film takes place in 1958 in Molkom, where two children, Mårten from Stockholm and Annika from Uppsala, will be "summer children" to Yngve Johansson, who every summer takes children to his home, but it has been bad earlier years. In the beginning Mårten and Annika don't like Yngve, but they love each other more and more and they also start liking Yngve. Maybe he isn't as bad as they think? This summer'll move everything in their life for all future.

Cast

Production

The film was shot at Björkås Herrgård in Vargön, Restad Gård in Vänersborg, Anten-Gräfsnäs Railway, in Upphärad and in Sjuntorp. It premiered (in Sweden) on 8 March 2000 and is recommended from 7 years.

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