A Summer Tale

Den bästa sommaren
Directed by	Ulf Malmros
Written by	Ulf Malmros Lars Johansson
Produced by	Lars Jönsson
Cinematography	Mats Olofsson
Edited by	Fredrik Abrahamsen, Michal Leszczylowski
Music by	Dan Sundquist Henrik Medquist
Production company	Zentropa
Distributed by	Film i Väst Sonet Film Sandrew Metronome
Release date	8 March 2000 (2000-03-08)
Running time	91 minutes
Countries	Sweden, Denmark
Language	Swedish

A Summer Tale is a 2000 Swedish-Danish comedy-drama. Its original Swedish title is Den bästa sommaren, which means "The Best Summer". Written and directed by Ulf Malmros, the film stars Kjell Bergqvist, Rebecca Scheja, Cecilia Nilsson, and Brasse Brännström, and was produced by Zentropa and Memfis Film.

Plot

The film takes place in 1958 in Molkom, where two children, Mårten from Stockholm and Annika from Uppsala, will be "summer children" to Yngve Johansson, who every summer takes children to his home, but it has been bad earlier years. In the beginning Mårten and Annika don't like Yngve, but they love each other more and more and they also start liking Yngve. Maybe he isn't as bad as they think? This summer'll move everything in their life for all future.

Cast

• Kjell Bergqvist as Yngve Johansson
• Anastasios Soulis as Mårten
• Rebecca Scheja as Annika
• Cecilia Nilsson as Miss Svanström
• Brasse Brännström as Sven
• Marcus Hasselborg as Harald, Sven's son
• Gachugo Makini as Jacques
• Göran Thorell as Erik Olsson, man working for Barnavårdsnämnden
• Ann Petrén as Mrs Ljungström
• Eivin Dahlgren as Headwaiter
• Anna Kristina Kallin as Doctor
• Ralph Carlsson as Priest
• Jerker Fahlström as Postman
• Johan Holmberg as Policeman

Production

The film was shot at Björkås Herrgård in Vargön, Restad Gård in Vänersborg, Anten-Gräfsnäs Railway, in Upphärad and in Sjuntorp. It premiered (in Sweden) on 8 March 2000 and is recommended from 7 years.

External links

• A Summer Tale at IMDb
• A Summer Tale at the Swedish Film Institute Database
• A Summer Tale in the Danish Film Database