Niklas Hjulstrom Movies
- 2005
A young boy's yearly routine of traveling to a Western Sweden island to spend the summer with his grandparents is suddenly shaken up when his schoolyard "blood brother" mistakes a casual comment about the trip as an open invitation to tag along in director Anders Gustafsson's playful tale of peer resentment and familial relations. Ulf looks forward to his yearly trip with the family, but this year is different. After misinterpreting a conversation about the trip with Ulf as an invitation, school chum Percy sets out with the family on their annual holiday unaware that he was never truly wanted there. Though Ulf's parents view Percy as an unsuitable friend for their son, everyone else on the island - including Ulf's curmudgeonly grandfather - seems enchanted by the amiable young charmer. When Ulf's summertime crush Pia also begins to show signs of affection for Percy, the stinging pain of childhood jealousy suddenly threatens to drive a wedge between the two young friends. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Börje Ahlstedt, Daniel Bragderyd, (more)
- 2003
Colin Nutley's prequel to his 2001 film Deadline, Paradise tells the story of how tabloid reporter Annika Bengtzon (Helena Bergström) cracked her first big story. On the low-end of the totem pole at the tabloid where she is employed, Annika receives a call from Rebecca Björkstig (Lisa Nilsson) encouraging her to write a story about a domestic abuse protection and recovery foundation known as Paradise. Having had first-hand experience with that problem, Annika is sympathetic to Paradise's aims. After taking a call from a distressed woman named Aida (Suzanna Dilber) in which Aida claims to have an abusive significant other, Annika puts Aida into the Paradise program. However, Annika does some investigative work and discovers that Aida may be involved in a shooting and that Paradise may not be what it seems. Paradise is an adaptation of one of a popular series of novels written by Liza Marklund. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Helena Bergström, Niklas Hjulstrom, (more)
