Storm

We are not used to these kinds of films in Sweden. Dark science fiction, withmeticulously choreographed fight scenes and impressive CGI-effects, issomething they do elsewhere - not here, in the land of Bergman andWiderberg. Storm starts in full gear. Lova – a warrior in a parallell universe - hasstolen a secret box and is chased through the tunnels beneath Stockholm. Thehunt takes her up to the city centre where she meets DD, a cynicalentertainment journalist, who remains quite sceptical of her story about thebox and his important role in the fight between good and evil.The film has an intro filled with fast paced action, without any of the campness ortechnical impotence that has plagued previous Swedish attempts in thegenre.At the same time, Mårlind and Stein don’t shy away from their proudhomeland traditions and the themes that Swedish cinema is well known for:trauma, anxiety, nightmares that are just waiting to be dissected by ashrink. The way of opening the box – and how to find the secret answer within – ishidden in DD’s repressed childhood memories. With Lovas help, he can travelback in time to the small town he left behind long ago.And so the sci-fi gradually turns into an equally gripping and thrilling dramatic examination of DD’s inner fears.It’s a mixture you seldom see. But nevertheless – in Storm, it works outsplendidly.MATTIAS DAHLSTRÖM

Premiärstatus
Världspremiär: Medverkande
Jonas Karlsson, Eva Röse, Eric Ericson, Lina Englund: Producent
Karl Fredrik Ulfung: Manus
Måns Mårlind: Foto
Linus Sandgren: Musik
Carl-Michael Herlöfsson: Talat språk
Swedish