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Original title Min frus förste älskare
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Average rating 2,94 / 5
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 2006-01-06

Plot summary

A comedy about what happens when the past knocks on the door with no prior warning. It is a film about letting go of old relationships, accepting new ones and giving love a second chance. Vivi...

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Titles

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Swedish release title
International title
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Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Sound Design
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Script Supervisor
Production Coordinator
Location Manager
Production Assistant
Craft service
Casting
Extras Casting
Assistant Location Scout
Production Secretary
Film Commissioner
First Assistant Cameraman
Second Assistant Cameraman
Still Photographer
Gaffer
Best Boy
Key Grip
Color Timer
On-line Editing
Digital Editing
Visual Effects
Musician
Music Recording Engineer
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up / Hair
Make-up Assistant
Assistant Film Editor
Foley
Sound Effects Editor
Re-recording Mixer
Other Crew

Cast

Companies

Production Company GF Studios AB
Co-Production Company Cinémon
El & Scenteknik Svenska AB
Persson-Mothander Film AB
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 2004
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Sonet Film AB 2006
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) PAN Vision AB 2006
Laboratory Nordisk Film Post Production AB
Recording Studio Europa Post Production AB
O.A.L. Studio AB
Sales Sonet Film AB

Plot summary

A comedy about what happens when the past knocks on the door with no prior warning. It is a film about letting go of old relationships, accepting new ones and giving love a second chance. Vivi and Magnus is an urban couple in their mid-40's whose relationship has grown stale. A weekend changes everything in their lives. When Magnus thinks Vivi is in Italy on a book fair she is reconnecting with a lover from her youth. Magnus, who is at home gets a visit from an unknown daughter caused by a one-night stand 21 years ago.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 142684
Date 2006-12-21
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2661 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 556, 533, 581, 564, 427.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.85:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Dolby Stereo Spectral Recording
Colour type Colour
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Reels 5 reels


Production location

Stockholm Sweden 2004-09-21 2004-11-04

Release dates

Release in Sweden 2006-01-06 Filmstaden Gävle Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Downtown Gothenburg Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Heron City Huddinge Sweden
2006-01-06 Cinema 1-2-3 Jönköping Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Karlstad Sweden
2006-01-06 Grand Lidingö Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Linköping Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Luleå Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Lund Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Malmö Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Norrköping Sweden
2006-01-06 Aveny Skellefteå Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Kista Stockholm Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Sergel Stockholm Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Söder Stockholm Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Sundsvall Sweden
2006-01-06 Roxy Södertälje Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Camera Täby Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Umeå Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Uppsala Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Västerås Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Växjö Sweden
2006-01-06 Filmstaden Örebro Sweden
DVD release 2006-07-05 Sweden
TV showing 2008-06-22 TV3 Sweden 93 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title Nu blir det bättre
Titles Mikael Wiehe
Composer Mikael Wiehe
Performed by Mikael Samuelson


Original title Blev det bättre?
Titles Melinda Vrede
Composer Melinda Vrede
Performed by Melinda Vrede


Original title Godis är gott
Composer Magnus Lind
Lyrics Magnus Lind
Performed by Aston Reymers Rivaler


Original title Nessun dorma. Ur Turandot
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1926)
Franco Alfano (kompletterande musik 1926)
Lyrics Sven Lindström (svensk text)
Giuseppe Adami (1926)
Renato Simoni (1926)
Musical Arrangement Bengt Palmers


Original title Che gelida manina. Ur La Bohème
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1896)
Lyrics Giuseppe Giacosa (italiensk text 1896)
Luigi Illica (italiensk text 1896)
Sven Nyblom (svensk text 1901)


Holdings Film

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Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Low contrast print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2661


Element type Digital intermediate
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Sound negative
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Idag igår imorgon (arbetstitel). Ett långfilmsmanus av HansÅke Gabrielsson och Marianne Willtorp. Regibearbetning regi: HansÅke Gabrielsson. Version 8. 2004.
Extent 128 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Idag igår & imorgon. Kortmanus. 2004. Version 7.3.
Extent 20 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Idag igår imorgon (arbetstitel). Ett långfilmsmanus av HansÅke Gabrielsson och Marianne Willtorp. Alternativa/tidigare namnförslag: Tre kvällar på Söder, Alla Hjärtans alla dagar, Nu blir det bättre, Samtidigt, Här hemma, Time out.
Extent 115 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title Min frus förste älskare. Dialogmanus.
Extent 67 s. + 11 s. för- och eftertext, musiklista samt div. kringmaterial.
Language Swedish


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Idag, igår & imorgon (arbetstitel) ett långfilmsmanus av HansÅke Gabrielsson & Marianne Willtorp. Version 6. 2003.
Extent 110 s.
Language Swedish


Holdings Stills

Colour prints 10
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish



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