Martin Wallstrom Movies
- 2009
As a police procedural from Sweden, Johan Falk - Gruppen för särskilda insatser continues the saga of officer Falk (Jakob Eklund) and his attempts to thwart various European criminals. In this installment, Johan works in tandem with the GSI organized crime unit to bring in a cadre of armored car robbers. Marie Richardson and Jacqueline Ramel co-star. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jakob Eklund, Marie Richardson, (more)
- 2000
Reza Parsa, an Iranian émigré who lives and works in Sweden, made his directorial debut with this drama about a Middle Eastern man confronted with the unpleasant legacies of his past. Ali (Per Graffman) has settled in Sweden with his wife Clara (Maria Lundqvist), daughters Sara (Sasha Becker) and Jenny (Anni Ececioglu), and a certain peace of mind. But Ali also has a past; before he moved to Sweden, Ali fought with a guerrilla terrorist group and had a wife (Mina Azarian) and son (Ashkan Ghods) who died in a skirmish with government troops. At least that's what Ali thought had happened, before an elderly woman calling herself "The Courier" (Nasrin Pakkho) appears on his doorstep to remind him of his long-buried past. She presents Sara with a package containing a video cassette of Ali's first wife and son held captive by terrorists, as well as a severed finger and a wedding band. Ali is shocked by the discovery that his loved ones are alive, and startled by the demands of the kidnappers, who want him to assassinate a Swedish businessman (Claes Ljungmark) working with the repressive leadership of Ali's former homeland. Fore Stormen received its American premiere at the 2000 San Sebastian Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- 1998
Interlaced with black comedy, this Swedish drama tells the tale of a 43-year-old bachelor schoolteacher (Tomas von Bromssen), with a painful secret, who makes an ill-timed confession and ends up accused and pursued for a terrible crime he did not commit. Torsten's ordeal begins during a PTA meeting when he gets drunk and publicly proclaims his long-time secret love for single mother/supermarket clerk Berit (Ia Langhammer). Prior to this announcement, Torsten had been secretly sending her poetic love letters. No one in town realizes that Torsten has never been with a woman. Berit too has a secret, though perhaps one that is not as well kept -- she is having an affair with Glenn (Mikael Persbrandt) the husband of her co-worker Vivianne (Anna Wallander). After Torsten speaks, the frightened Berit runs from the meeting only to encounter Glen, who viciously rapes her. The next morning Torsten gets fired. Worse yet, when news of Berit's rape leaks out, he finds himself blamed for the deed, and soon his life and property are in grave danger. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tomas von Bromssen, Anna Wallander, (more)
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