Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

103 mins | Drama, Romance | March 14, 2003

Skagerrak is the story of being hit by happiness when you least expect it. In their late twenties and tired of partying their way around the world, Danish Marie and Irish Sophie come ashore in Northern Scotland. After another drunken night they are soon parted from all their accumulated cash. Out of money and out of luck ambitious Sophie pressures Marie into accepting a lucrative job as surrogate mother. Months on, Marie finds herself alone, life having taken a dramatic turn. Heavily pregnant, and wanting to terminate her pregnancy, she's on the run from the future parents, searching for Sophie's old flame, Ken. In a case of mistaken identity, Marie ends up in hiding with three strange men in a seedy Glasgow garage. But then happiness strikes again.

Sweet Dreams

103 mins | Drama, Romance | March 14, 2003

Sweet Dreams
Skagerrak is the story of being hit by happiness when you least expect it. In their late twenties and tired of partying their way around the world, Danish Marie and Irish Sophie come ashore in Northern Scotland. After another drunken night they are soon parted from all their accumulated cash. Out of money and out of luck ambitious Sophie pressures Marie into accepting a lucrative job as surrogate mother. Months on, Marie finds herself alone, life having taken a dramatic turn. Heavily pregnant, and wanting to terminate her pregnancy, she's on the run from the future parents, searching for Sophie's old flame, Ken. In a case of mistaken identity, Marie ends up in hiding with three strange men in a seedy Glasgow garage. But then happiness strikes again.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Nimbus Film
Original title Skagerrak
Directors Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Writers Ruth McCance, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Anders Thomas Jensen

Cast

Iben Hjejle

as Marie

Bronagh Gallagher

as Sophie

Martin Henderson

as Ian / Ken

Ewen Bremner

as Gabriel

Gary Lewis

as Willy

Simon McBurney

as Thomas

Helen Baxendale

as Stella

James Cosmo

as Robert

Scott Handy

as Roman

Tam Dean Burn

as Dr. Meisling

Kay Gallie

as Housekeeper