A Summer Tale

A Summer Tale

92 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | March 8, 2000

The summer of '58, the year Sweden almost won the world championship in soccer over Brazil, Yngve Johansson accepts two children to live with him during the summer, as told through the eyes of a young boy. His name is Mårten, and the other child's name is Annika. She is a rough girl, with many problems. The three of them do not get along, and Yngve is a true dictator to the children's eyes. However, when the children discover that their new guardian has a crush on their teacher (Cecilia Nilsson), they do what they can to bring the two together. Soon enough, the three will discover that they have a lot more in common than they previously imagined, and together they can make their lives worth living again. This is a sweet story about life in Sweden in the mid 1900's. It is about family, love, hate, innocent friendship that we all can relate to, and much, much more...

A Summer Tale

92 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | March 8, 2000

A Summer Tale
The summer of '58, the year Sweden almost won the world championship in soccer over Brazil, Yngve Johansson accepts two children to live with him during the summer, as told through the eyes of a young boy. His name is Mårten, and the other child's name is Annika. She is a rough girl, with many problems. The three of them do not get along, and Yngve is a true dictator to the children's eyes. However, when the children discover that their new guardian has a crush on their teacher (Cecilia Nilsson), they do what they can to bring the two together. Soon enough, the three will discover that they have a lot more in common than they previously imagined, and together they can make their lives worth living again. This is a sweet story about life in Sweden in the mid 1900's. It is about family, love, hate, innocent friendship that we all can relate to, and much, much more...
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Zentropa Entertainments, Memfis Film, Film i Väst, SVT, Nordisk Film & TV Fond
Original title Den bästa sommaren
Directors Emma Gabrielsson, Ulf Malmros
Writers Ulf Malmros, Vasa

Cast

Kjell Bergqvist

as Yngve Johansson

Anastasios Soulis

as Mårten

Rebecca Scheja

as Annika

Cecilia Nilsson

as Miss Svanström

Marcus Hasselborg

as Harald

Gachugo Makini

as Jacques

Göran Thorell

as Erik Olsson

Ann Petrén

as Ljungström

Pale Olofsson

as Head Waiter

Ralph Carlsson

as Priest

Jerker Fahlström

as Messenger

Johan Holmberg

as Policeman