A Summer Tale

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A Summer Tale is a 2000 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[]

• Kjell Bergqvist as Yngve Johansson
• Anastasios Soulis as Mårten
• Rebecca Scheja as Annika
• Cecilia Nilsson as Miss Svanström
• Brasse Brännström as Sven
• Marcus Hasselborg as Harald, Sven's son
• Gachugo Makini as Jacques
• Göran Thorell as Erik Olsson, man working for
• Ann Petrén as Mrs Ljungström
• as Headwaiter
• Anna Kristina Kallin as Doctor
• as Priest
• as Postman
• as Policeman

Production[]

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

External links[]

• A Summer Tale at IMDb
• A Summer Tale at the Swedish Film Institute Database
• A Summer Tale in the Danish Film Database

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