Jonas Cornell Movies

Ole Bornedal directs the drama I Am Dina, based on the novel by Herbjørg Wassmo. In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father (Bjørn Floberg) refuses to raise her, leaving her in the care of the household servants. Dina grows up wild and unmanageable, with her only friend being the stable boy, Tomas (Hans Matheson). She summons her mother's ghost and develops a strange fascination with death as well as a passion for living. Family friend Jacob (Gérard Depardieu) encourages Dina's father to hire Lorch (Søren Sætter-Lassen), a tutor who introduces her to the cello. When Dina is old enough (played by Maria Bonnevie), she marries Jacob and moves to Reinsnes, a port he runs with his mother, Karen (Wenche Foss), and his stepsons Niels (Mads Mikkelsen) and Anders (Jørgen Langhelle). Niels doesn't like Dina's wild ways, or the fact that she has taken over accounting duties at Reinsnes. Dina's eccentric tendencies become even stronger, eventually leading Jacob into an accident of his own and bringing Tomas back into her life. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

The fifth film in a series based on the best-selling novels of Scandinavian author Jan Guillou, Hamilton follows the exploits of Swedish super-agent Carl Hamilton and stars Mark Hamill as the villain. The CIA discovers a stolen missile being routed through the Arctic by Russian rebels. Since they plan to smuggle it into Sweden, the Swedish secret service is called in. After Hamilton (Peter Stormare) and his men kill the smugglers, Hamilton realizes it was a set-up, since another missile went into Sweden. He follows the trail to Murmansk where he meets ex-CIA operative Mike Hawkins (Hamill) -- and the search continues in Stockholm, and Washington, before the final confrontation in Libya. This 127-minute feature was trimmed down from a four-part TV miniseries. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

This Swedish thriller is based upon one of a 10 part series of novels by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo. Two of their books have been made into films. In this first filmed episode, after an American tourist is mysteriously killed and tossed off a tour boat, the local police are baffled by the lack of clues. Enter Martin Beck who finally finds a clue and then sets a trap for the killer. A young policewoman is used as bait and almost loses her life in the film's thrilling conclusion. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Though there's no single word for it, the lead character in this offbeat comedy is an all-purpose worrier. He's not particularly paranoid, even though this nightclub owner has got some real enemies. He just worries a lot. He worries about his sex life with his stripper girlfriend. He worries about her sex life, since he's impotent. He worries about the man he persuaded her to start an affair with. He worries about getting caught for murdering the man, since he's jealous. He's worried about the enforcers for the loan shark he borrowed money from, and what they might do to him. In fact, if he could have his way, he'd have his family doctor perform a lobotomy, so he wouldn't have to worry so much. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

This pseudo-documentary chronicles, in a high-flown anthropological manner, the preliminary preparations men and women in Denmark make before they make love, and the things they do afterwards. Subjects are shown shaving, putting on make-up, dressing carefully, etc., and then getting together and caressing one another. The sex act itself is omitted. Then the subjects are shown smoking, deciding to put on their clothes and then deciding not to (for another bout of lovemaking). All is presented in a dry, non-emotional style. Adding to the documentary flavor of this experimental film (part of a series by the director) is footage from the Trobriand Islands, an hommage to anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski's groundbreaking work earlier in the century. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Consumed by sexual passion, David Jernberg pursues his relationship with Eva despite the fact that this marginally attractive woman is having a destructive effect on his life and everything he values. David, a scientist with a wife and a middle-class life, is a mature man who is just beginning to face the issues of aging. Eva is hostile to everything he represents, except when she is in the middle of the act of love: there, her abandonment in the moment is capable of exerting a hypnotic effect on him. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

A whimsical menage-a-trois forms the basis of this comedy drama that tells the tale of an eccentric aspiring writer who is tossed out by his girlfriend. A good friend of the forlorn fellow feels sorry for him and allows him to stay in his apartment. The friend's wife is less than enthused by the intrusion as the writer is truly odd. Eventually she comes to care for him and will not let him leave. Trouble ensues when the writer brings a boorish typing teacher to live with them. The two oddballs soon dominate the apartment. The poor husband and wife desperately want to get rid of the typist and so conspire to have the wife pretend to seduce the writer. Unfortunately, the seduction turns out to be quite real. While they make passionate love, the poor husband puts on his buddy's tee-shirt and goes to sleep in the guest room. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide