Peter Possne Movies

A married pair of ex-urbanites relocates to a small village in hopes of starting a family, only to receive an unexpected surprise thanks to a mix-up at the adoption agency. Sven and Göran are finally set to realize their shared dream of becoming parents. In preparation, the happy couple even decides to leave city life behind in favor of moving to a quaint village in the country. Unfortunately, the local villagers don't exactly extend a warm welcome to the optimistic couple; while some greet them with outright hostility, most are content simply to shun them. Upon receiving news that the adoption agency was unable to locate a suitable international baby, Sven and Göran agree to take in a local orphan. On paper, Patrik was listed as being age 1.5, though upon meeting their new adopted child it quickly becomes apparent to Sven and Göran that someone misplaced a decimal point. In reality, Patrik is a homophobic 15-year-old juvenile delinquent who's none too happy about being taken in by a pair of aging gay men. Still, Göran recognizes that Patrik needs a home, and agrees to put the openly hostile boy up until he and Sven can find a more suitable place for him to live. But former street punk Sven isn't quite as accommodating due to the fact that he knows well what a young ruffian such as Patrik may be capable of. Over time, Sven's trepidation about Patrik prompts him to confront not only his own misgivings about marriage and suburban living, but his long-buried feelings about his own estranged son from a previous marriage as well. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A shameful chapter in Swedish history is brought to light in this powerful drama. In 1934, Sweden instituted a law that permitted authorities to require the sterilization of people considered to be unfit to have children. While the official justification for the regulation was to prevent the spread of inherited disease, in many cases young women who were from poor families, were thought to be promiscuous or were believed to have low IQ's found themselves placed in state institution where they were forced to have their tubes tied. In 1951, Gertrud (Julia Hogberg) is a naïve teenager from a large family who is sent to a state home for the retarded. Gertrud doesn't fully understand why she is there or what being sterilized means, but many of her fellow inmates do -- one is living with epilepsy, some come from poverty-stricken backgrounds, while others are mentally ill. All the young women are told they will remain in the home until they agree to be sterilized, and Getrud begins to feel it's a fair trade for being able to return home. However, things take a dramatic turn when she falls in love with one of the groundskeepers, Axel (Christoffer Svensson), and she finds she's become pregnant. Den Nya Manniskan (aka The New Man) was inspired by actual events that occurred under Sweden's forced sterilization laws, which remained on the books until 1976. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

A severely beaten teenager, trapped in a walking purgatory between life and death, must help authorities to the location of his broken body before it's too late in this remake of the 2002 Swedish thriller Den Osynlige. Graduating senior Nick Powell (Justin Chatwin) has plans to attend a prestigious writing workshop in London, despite the protests of his widowed mother (Marcia Gay Harden). In the days before his departure, he gets into a cafeteria brawl with a delinquent classmate, Annie Newton (Margarita Levieva), while defending his friend from her extortion attempts. Annie and her crew track Nick down on the night he's planning to leave, mistakenly thinking he ratted her out to the police regarding a smash-and-grab burglary committed the night before. When the subsequent beating goes too far, the assailants dump the body in the woods in a panicked attempt to dispose of it. Only, Nick isn't dead -- he's walking invisible among his classmates, friends, and family, desperately trying to alert them that he's still alive. Robbed of the traditional forms of communication, Nick must figure out supernatural methods of manipulating his environment -- and he soon realizes the very girl who attacked him may be the only one who has the power to save him. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Three stories of people whose lives have been thrown into chaos come together in this drama from Swedish filmmaker Anders Nilsson. Nina (Bahar Pars) is a teenage girl whose family has recently settled in Sweden from overseas. Nina and her younger sister Layla (Oldoz Javidi) are suddenly at odds with their parents when Nina is accused of becoming too familiar with the boys at her school by chatting with them. When Nina tries to run away from home, it leads to a confrontation with their extended family. Elsewhere, Carina (Lia Boysen) is a respected broadcast journalist who has been hiding a shameful secret - her husband Hakan (Peter Engman) has a violent streak and often beats her. One day, Carina decides she's had enough and files assault charges against Hakan. Carina's sister (Annika Hallin) remains supportive through this difficult time, and to her surprise Hakan's mother (Bibi Andersson) comes to her aid, but Carina soon finds her colleagues are turning their back on her. And finally, Aram (Reuben Sallmander) runs a nightspot where three angry customers who've had a run-in with doorman Peter (Per Graffman) return with guns and open fire on the club. Aram offers to cooperate with police in order to put the gunmen behind bars, but he learns the shooters will go to great lengths to keep Aram quiet. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Bjorn Runge's dark drama Mouth to Mouth concerns a family that is weighed down by a history of secrets and bad behavior. Vera (Sofia Westberg) moves out of her parents' house after her father Mats (Peter Andersson) strikes her during a drunken tirade. One ear later she lives in squalor with a boyfriend who sells her body in order to feed their heroin habit. Vera's mother Eva (Marie Richardson) has slipped into a fragile emotional state since her oldest left home, and the two youngest kids are having a difficult time adjusting to their mother's condition. Mats quits drinking cold turkey, and soon comes up with a plan to make up for the damage he's caused, a plan he sets into motion by physically forcing his daughter to return home. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Released stateside as The Invisible, directors Joel Bergvall and Simon Sandquist's film weaves a dark tale of the supernatural concerning a high school student's spiritual limbo as he hovers between life and death. Though he's a bright young student with a promising future, Nicklas (Gustaf Skarsgård) sometimes feels invisible due to the stratospherically high expectations of his demanding mother. Brutally beaten on his way to school one morning following a minor misunderstanding, Nicklas arrives at school the following day only to find that he has literally become invisible. As police begin their investigation into his murder, the frightened Nicklas can do little but observe. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi