Terrible film based on a brilliant book

per-sandstrom

Read the book. It is probably the best book Torgny Lindgren has written, and he has written many great books.
Sadly, the film is a disaster. Worst of all is that the whole cast, who are supposedly portraying people in Northern Sweden (Västerbotten, to be more specific) in the19th century, are speaking with Stockholm accents. It takes away all credibility and makes a complete mockery of the story.

It's hard to understand how a normally more than competent director and some of Sweden's best actors have managed to fail so completely in bringing a fantastic story to the screen. Just avoid this film. Please. Read the book instead. It's brilliant.

score 1/10

per-sandstrom 14 August 2018

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