A Serious Game
2016 Swedish film
- Patrik Andersson
- Frida Bargo
- Fredrik Heinig
- Karin Franz Körlof
- Sverrir Gudnason
- Liv Mjönes
- Michael Nyqvist
- Göran Ragnerstam
- Mikkel Følsgaard
- Liv Lynge
- Åsa Mossberg
- Rasmus Nyholm
Production
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B-Reel Films
Release dates
- 16 February 2016 (2016-02-16) (BIFF)
- 9 September 2016 (2016-09-09) (Sweden)
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A Serious Game (Swedish: Den allvarsamma leken) is a 2016 Swedish romantic drama film directed by Pernilla August, based on the novel The Serious Game by Hjalmar Söderberg.[1]
Plot
Arvid Stjärnblom, an aspiring journalist from Värmland, working as a proofreader for a daily newspaper in Stockholm, falls head over heels in love with Lydia Stille, a painter's daughter. With his low income, he doesn't think he could provide Lydia with an appropriate lifestyle. Rather than waiting for him, she chooses to marry the wealthy but much older landowner Markus Roslin. Years later, Arvid is married as well, and both couples have a daughter. When Arvid and Lydia see each other again, neither can overcome their mutual attraction. They begin a passionate affair, which greatly afflicts their loved ones, leading to dramatic events.
Cast
- Sverrir Gudnason as Arvid Stjärnblom
- Karin Franz Körlof as Lydia Stille
- Michael Nyqvist as chief editor Markel
- Mikkel Følsgaard as Carl Lidner
- Liv Mjönes as Dagmar Stjärnblom, née Randel
- Göran Ragnerstam as Anders Stille
- Sven Nordin as Markus Roslin
- Staffan Göthe as Arvid's father
- Alva Hellenius as Marianne
- Liva Östervall as Anne Marie
References
- ^ "Berlin Film Review: 'A Serious Game'". 26 February 2016.
External links
- A Serious Game at IMDb
- A Serious Game at the Swedish Film Institute Database
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