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A Man Called Ove, originally titled En man som heter Ove, is a Swedish film directed and written by Hannes Holm, based on the novel A Man Called Ove, starring Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, and Ida Engvoll. Filmed in Mallorca, with a narrative location of Spain, it has a score by Gaute Storaas and was distributed by Nordisk Film. Its production countries are listed as Norway and Sweden.
A drama comedy, it participated in the 29th European Film Awards and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and the European Film Award for Best Actor, in addition to receiving the European Film Award for Best Comedy. It had a budget of 40,000,000 and a revenue of 30,692,889. It was rated PG-13, and its derivative work is A Man Called Otto.
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7.6Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally backs into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.
Cast
- Rolf Lassgård as Ove
- Bahar Pars as Parvaneh
- Filip Berg as Young Ove
- Ida Engvoll as Sonja
- Tobias Almborg as Patrick
- Klas Wiljergård as Jimmy
Themes
- friendship
- dark comedy
- black humor
- suicidal
- pregnant woman
- first kiss
- bitterness
- power of love
- memories
- grumpy man
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
73,332 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Metacritic
70/100
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 15 wins & 29 nominations total
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Key facts
- Swedish
- En man som heter Ove
- Directed by
- Hannes Holm
- Screenplay by
- Hannes Holm
- Based on
- A Man Called Ove , by Fredrik Backman
- Produced by
- Annica Bellander Fredrik Wikström Nicastro
- Starring
- Rolf Lassgård Bahar Pars Filip Berg Ida Engvoll
- Cinematography
- Göran Hallberg [ sv ]
- Edited by
- Fredrik Morheden [ sv ]
- Music by
- Gaute Storaas
- Production company
- Tre Vänner
- Distributed by
- Nordisk Film
- Release date
- 25 December 2015 ( 2015-12-25 ) (Sweden)
- Running time
- 116 minutes
- Country
- Sweden
- Language
- Swedish
- Box office
- $29.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 29th European Film Awards
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Sweden
- Original language
- Swedish
- Based on
- A Man Called Ove
- Director
- Hannes Holm
- Screenwriter
- Hannes Holm
- Cast member
- Anna-Lena Bergelin
- Composer
- Gaute Storaas
- Narrative location
- Spain
- Filming location
- Mallorca
- Duration
- 116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 799099
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.trevanner.se/se/film/en-man-som-heter-ove-2015
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- title
- En man som heter Ove
- publication date
- 2016-07-07
- box office
- 28700000
- review score
- 70/100
- capital cost
- 40000000
- derivative work
- A Man Called Otto
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Encyclopedic overview
A Man Called Ove (Swedish: En man som heter Ove, pronounced [ɛn ˈmanː sɔm ˈhěːtɛr ˈǔːvɛ]) is a 2015 Swedish comedy-drama film written and directed by Hannes Holm and based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Fredrik Backman. It stars Rolf Lassgård in the title role.
The film was released theatrically in Sweden on 25 December 2015. It was nominated for six awards, winning two, at the 51st Guldbagge Awards in 2016.
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