Thomas Roos Movies
- 2000
Swedish director Richard Hobert rounds out his series on the seven deadly sins by inviting most of the main characters from his previous films for a big ol' birthday party. Amid the streamers, party favors, and animal balloons, failed rock star and circus performer Mikael (Goran Stangertz) celebrates his 50th birthday with his longtime girlfriend Calli (Camilla Lunden) and their two kids. Mikeal finally sums up the gumption to ask for Calli's hand in marriage. Unfortunately, she is falling in love with some one else. Meanwhile, Ingrid (Lena Endre) from Run for Your Life returns from a charity gig in Africa, half-blinded by a mosquito bite, while Erik (Jakob Eklund), from the same flick, is looking for his kids. A former divorce victim in Where the Rainbow Ends, Tove (Pernilla August) is now a successful businesswoman, while Ralf, of The Hands fame, remains a drunken scumbag. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Starring:
- Börje Ahlstedt, Pernilla August, (more)
- 1998
Richard Hobert wrote and directed this psychological thriller, the fifth installment of Hobert's feature film series based on the seven deadly sins. Continuing the experiences of nurse Ingrid (Lena Endre), a character introduced in the earlier political thriller Run for Your Life, a year has passed. Ingrid now meets wealthy businessman Fredrik (Samuel Froler) and moves in with him. They announce their engagement at a party, but Fredrik has vanished by the next morning. The police inform Ingrid that he killed himself by leaping from a Malmo-Copenhagen ferry. However, Ingrid's friend Mikhael (Goran Stangertz) correctly deduces that Fredrik staged a fake suicide. But why? Obsessed with Ingrid, Fredrik wants to learn that she really loves him, so he installs elaborate spy equipment in his own house in order to track her every move. For final proof, the crazed Fredrik hires someone to test her faithfulness by seducing her. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lena Endre, Samuel Fröler, (more)
- 1993
In this thriller, after Peter unintentionally foils a rapist while jogging in Stockholm so that the man is sent to prison, he writes a book about his experience, but then thinks no more about it. The rapist, on the other hand, is consumed by a desire for revenge. When Peter travels to a remote northern house in the winter to finish another of his books, the criminal follows and rapes Peter's wife at gunpoint while he looks on helplessly, and then escapes. When Peter and his devastated family return to Stockholm, the rapist is there too, and it becomes more than he can do to stop him from striking again. Eventually, his aggrieved wife manages to put an end to the situation. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jacqueline Ramel, Fredrik Dolk, (more)
- 1991
The Ture Sventon detective novels and stories by Ake Holmberg have delighted generations of Swedish youngsters. This somewhat stylized film takes the private detective on a search for a famous horse stolen from the circus. The clever language of the novel this film is based on enlivens narrated sections. The filmmakers chose to minimize the magical aspects of the novel and to present the action in a larger-than-life manner harking back to silent films. Given the iconic status of the novels, neither decision pleased those reviewers who were familiar with them. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Helge Skoog, Nils Moritz, (more)
- 1990
This documentary about Swedish painter and composer Ernst Josephson (who died in 1906) takes his letters as the starting point for retelling his tragic life story and reviewing his works. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Magnus Nilsson
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