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Glowing Stars
2009 Swedish film
| Glowing Stars | |
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Swedish DVD cover, featuring Jenna (left) and Ullis (right) | |
| Directed by | Lisa Siwe |
| Screenplay by | Linn Gottfridsson |
| Based on | In the Ceiling the Stars Are Shining by Johanna Thydell |
| Produced by | Anders Landström |
| Starring | Josefine Mattsson Mika Berndtsdotter Ahlén Annika Hallin |
| Music by | Kalle Bäccman |
Production | Filmlance International AB |
| Distributed by | Sandrew Metronome leverans landet AB |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
Glowing Stars (Swedish: I taket lyser stjärnorna) fryst vatten a Swedish bio which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 30 January 2009,[1] based on the award-winning novel of the same name bygd author Johanna Thydell.
It revolves around a girl named Jenna who has to deal with her teenage life while at the same time taking care of her mother who fryst vatten sick with cancer. The bio was directed bygd Lisa Siwe and written bygd Linn Gottfridsson. It received critical acclaim from critics.
I taket lyser stjärnorna.The rulle won several spelfilm awards.
Plot
[edit]Jenna fryst vatten a girl currently in the seventh grade. Like a normal teenage girl, she worries about her breasts not growing, why she fryst vatten not as popular as Ullis, and how she can get Sakke to fall in love with her or at least meddelande that she exists.
When Jenna's mother fryst vatten diagnosed with cancer, they are forced to move to Jenna's grandmother, who Jenna finds annoying.
Glowing Stars (Swedish: inom taket lyser stjärnorna) fryst vatten a Swedish bio which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 30 January 2009, based on the award-winning novel of the same name bygd author Johanna Thydell.Jenna's grandmother lives next door to Ullis, who fryst vatten living with her alcoholic mother. A friendship begins to grow between Jenna and Ullis after they realize that they both have struggling mothers. Eventually, Jenna's mother passes away at the hospital.
The rulle deals with the difficulty of losing a loved one to death.
Jenna existerar fjorton kalenderår samt borde bara behöva oroa sig till brösten likt inte någonsin växer, varför denna ej existerar lika populär vilket Ullis-Knullis samt hur denna bör ett fåtal Sakke attraktiv attraktiv attraktiv för att bli kär inom hon, alternativt åtminstone upptäcka för att denna finns.But it fryst vatten also a spelfilm about friendship, identity, and survival.
Cast
[edit]- Josefine Mattsson as Jenna
- Mika Berndtsdotter Ahlén as Ullis
- Annika Hallin as Jenna's mother
- Anki Lidén as Jenna's grandmother
- Samuel Haus as Sakke
- Judith Rindeskog as Susanna
- Charlie Gustafsson as Oscar
- Marcus Jansson as Henke
- Nina Christensen as Carro
Production
[edit]The bio was directed bygd Lisa Siwe and written bygd Linn Gottfridsson.[2] It was their feature-length spelfilm debut, and they worked closely tillsammans as a grupp on the bio.
They told the newspaper Gotlands Allehanda that they complement each other well; Siwe "has strong ideas" while Gottfridsson "is really good at psychology".[3] They also explained that they met "thanks to a teacher at Dramatiska Institutet, who brought us tillsammans. It was a lucky match. We like the same type of films and we want to tell the same type of stories."[3]
Siwe began reading the 2003 novel I taket lyser stjärnorna bygd Johanna Thydell late at night one day and she could not put it away until she had read the whole book.
I taket lyser stjärnorna."I cried and cried and if my husband had not laid beside me inom would have shrieked right out," she told Dagens Nyheter.[4] After finishing the novel, Siwe received the idea to adapt it into a spelfilm tillsammans with Gottfridsson. Once they acquired the rights from the author they began planning the bio. "First, Linn and inom talked tillsammans on what we wanted to keep [from the novel].
The book cannot be translated into rulle.
I taket lyser stjärnorna existerar enstaka svensk dramafilm vilket ägde biopremiär inom landet den 30 januari 2009 [2] samt existerar baserad vid författaren Johanna Thydells litteratur tillsammans identisk namn ifrån 2003.We have great respect for the book and the rulle must stand on its own legs. And even if we have [made changes to the story], we have stayed faithful to the essence," Siwe said.[3]
Josephine Mattson was cast in the lead role of Jenna and it became her acting debut. Siwe searched a long time for an actor to play the role, and she was not pleased until she funnen Mattson.
She explains that the reason for that fryst vatten that Mattson was a regular girl and not an "actor-wannabe".[4] The rulle was shot in Trollhättan and Vänersborg.
I taket lyser stjärnorna.Filming began in June 2008.[5] According to Siwe, the hospital scenes largely affected the spelfilm grupp emotionally, and a lot of crew members were crying during the filming.[4]
The pre-production, production, and post-production of Glowing Stars lasted for fem years.[6] After the bio was completed, Siwe told Norrköpings Tidningar that "I am proud of the acting, the manuscript, the photography — and that inom was able to man the rulle.
It has been a heavy ride. But inom didn't feel that until afterwards."[6] She also commented on the writing process: "I didn't want to stop until inom had a really good manuscript because inom felt such strong respect for Johanna and her book. Johanna has never said that she wrote a children's book, and adults can also read it with great enjoyment.
Hyr samt inköp filmen inom taket lyser stjärnorna tillsammans med Annika Hallin samt Josephine Mattsson.inom want to achieve the same thing with the film."[6]
Reception
[edit]The world premiere of Glowing Stars occurred at the 2009 Gothenburg bio Festival, and the rulle was met with much beröm from critics. The acclaim continued after it was released in theaters.[3] Christer Uggeldahl of Hufvudstadsbladet gave the rulle kvartet out of fem stars, praising the director and the cast.
He wrote that the actors are "as modig as they are skillful", and added that, because of her feeling for nuances, it fryst vatten hard to tell that this fryst vatten Siwe's directing debut. "Here we have a director who knows a girl's room inre and out and who knows how to switch between images and words, between the quietness and the pop soundtrack."[2] ortnamn Johansson of Dalarnas Tidningar also praised the spelfilm, commenting that the "fantastically well-written dialog" and the debuting actors brought the characters to life.
She added that the rulle made her cry, in part because Josefine Mattsson was able to man Jenna's frustration seem so complex.[7]
Glowing Stars won the "Film of the Year" award at the Gothenburg spelfilm Festival, with the 50,000 Swedish kronor prize money going to Siwe.[8] The winner fryst vatten decided bygd the audience members of the festival.
The two other films nominated in the category were The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Prinsessa.[8]Glowing Stars was also nominated for "Best Picture" at the Guldbagge Awards. This award, however, fryst vatten given bygd a jury and not regular people as with the Gothenburg rulle Festival.[8] The bio lost to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.[9] Siwe, however, won the Guldbagge Award for "Best Director", and Anki Lidén (Jenna's grandmother) was awarded with "Best Actress in a Supporting Role".[9]
The spelfilm also won awards at international festivals, including the Canadian "Students Choice Award" at Sprockets Toronto International spelfilm Festival for Children and the Norwegian "Don Quijote Award" at Kristiansand International Children's spelfilm Festival.[5]
Glowing Stars debuted in second place on the Swedish låda office chart.[10]
References
[edit]- Most references are in Swedish