Allan Svensson Movies

A man who searches for lost items manages to find and then lose love in this drama with comic undertones. Daniel (Mads Ousdal) is a psychologist in his late twenties who still lives with his domineering mother (Hildegun Riise). He and his best friend Ronny (Harald Eia) share an unusual hobby -- they like to take their metal detectors to beaches or the countryside and look for valuables. One day, they find a woman's bracelet inscribed with the name "Janne." Daniel is able to track down the owner, and discovers she's a very attractive young woman (Ingjerd Egeberg); he becomes infatuated with Janne, and in time they enter into a serious relationship, leading Daniel to finally move out on his own. Daniel and Ronny are then approached by a woman whose husband has gone missing; the woman is convinced her husband is dead, and she believes they can use their metal-detecting equipment to find his body. By ugly coincidence, as Daniel looks for the missing man, Janne disappears, and as he tries to find out what has become of her, he learns she had been hiding some secrets he never wanted to know. The first feature from director Pål Jackman, Detektor was a major critical success in its native Norway. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Ten years ago, Nora's parents were killed in an automobile accident. That's what she was told, anyway, when she was five. Since then, she has lived with a couple who had a son her own age. She has never been completely reconciled to their loss and thinks of them often. When her adoptive family moves into an old apartment, strange things begin happening -- like a broken clock running backwards -- and the family's dog refuses to enter her room. She has also been mysteriously saved from harm in a number of accidents. It seems that she has a supernatural visitor, a girl who lived in the apartment long before. The two girls, one living and one dead, become friends and together find the answer to a number of mysteries that have haunted them both. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

The premise in this thriller-black comedy is that there may be something seriously wrong with Kaare (Goren Dyhrssen). He has been imprisoned for arson and after he is released on probation he joins up with his girlfriend Monika (Licka Sjoman). The two of them go to his family's farm where Kaare tells Monika that his parents have died in an automobile accident. A tame fox hangs out around the grounds, doors go creak in the night, and Kaare has a penchant for playing with matches and setting pieces of furniture on fire. Monika must have a high tolerance for the decidedly weird. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi