Making his directorial feature film debut (after directing Swedish TV and the short film, "De sista sakerna," which won Best Children's Film and the Audience Award at Hamberg), Levan Akin brings "Certain People" to Tribeca with the help of writer Lisa Östberg and producer Erika Stark. They wanted to make a film that would 'activate' the audience, and raise questions about the current class atmosphere in Sweden, without giving any answers. Akin calls himself "a true cineaste," with his love for the medium being his motivation. What it's about: A group of affluent (monetarily and culturally) friends gather to celebrate Katinkas birthday. It´s all rather stiff to begin with. But things are livened up with the arrival of Katinkas brother and his girlfriend Linda, a game-show hostess from another social class. She is welcomed as a delightful and harmless character, but as the evening moves forward the group feels increasingly.
- 4/2/2012
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
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