The Guitar Mongoloid

The Guitar Mongoloid

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ruben Östlund
Produced by Anna Sohlman
Kalle Boman
Written by Ruben Östlund
Cinematography Tibor Gent
Edited by Harry Lewinsson
Distributed by Triangelfilm AB
Release dates
  • 1 October 2004 (2004-10-01)
Running time
 89 minutes
Country Sweden
Language Swedish

The Guitar Mongoloid (Swedish: Gitarrmongot) is a 2004 Swedish drama film directed by Ruben Östlund, about different people living outside the norms in the fictional city Jöteborg, strikingly similar to real-life Göteborg. Although not a documentary, most of the people seen in the film are non-actors more or less playing themselves.

Selected cast

Reception

The film was met by mixed but overall positive reviews, with a rating of 3.6 out of 5 based on eight reviews at the Swedish-language review aggregator website Kritiker.se.[1] Carl-Johan Malmberg at Svenska Dagbladet gave it 5 out of 6 and called it "a series of sabotages: against our expectations, against good taste, as well as against the boredom of the normal Swedish film with its moderately thoughtful, moderately funny, moderately empathetic, and quickly forgotten stories."[2] Jens Peterson at Aftonbladet was less enthusiastic and rated the film 2 out of 5, summarising it as "Jackass without heart, Candid Camera without humour."[3] The film was honored with the FIPRESCI Award at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ The Guitar Mongoloid (in Swedish). Kritiker.se. Retrieved on 2009-04-14
  2. ↑ Malmberg, Carl-Johan (2004-10-01) "En debut vi väntat på" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved on 2009-04-14.
  3. ↑ Peterson, Jens (2004-10-01) "Recensioner: Gitarrmongot" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved on 2009-04-14.
  4. ↑ "27th Moscow International Film Festival (2005)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  5. ↑ Awards 2005. FIPRESCI. Retrieved on 2009-07-26.

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