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Original title Apan
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Average rating 3,51 / 5
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Awards
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
Swedish release 2009-10-23

Cast

Eva Rexed
bilskoleelev

Samuel Haus
Jonas vän

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Plot summary

Krister, a husband and father, wakes up to the consequences of a tragedy. He is a broken man, but not aware of it yet. Confronted with everyday reality there is no place for escape and Krister...

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
International title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Co-producer
Unit Manager
Casting
Film Commissioner
Post Production Supervisor
Best Boy
Costume Designer
Make-up / Hair
Sound Editor
Other Crew

Cast

Olle Sarri Krister
Françoise Joyce mamman
Niclas Gillis Jonas
Sean Pietrulewicz sonen
Eva Rexed bilskoleelev
Samuel Haus Jonas vän
Anders Johannisson man på torget
Lena Carlsson frun
Lennart Andersson grannen
Thore Flygel försäljare

Companies

Production Company Fasad AB
Co-Production Company Sveriges Television AB
Film i Väst AB
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Nordisk Film AB 2009
Sales Trust Nordisk ApS

Plot summary

Krister, a husband and father, wakes up to the consequences of a tragedy. He is a broken man, but not aware of it yet. Confronted with everyday reality there is no place for escape and Krister is soon forced to face up to his actions. The Ape is about the struggle to hold on to things around us already lost. The question arises: what is left when the life you once had is completely gone?

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 147055
Date 2009-09-10
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2204 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 470, 274, 478, 442, 540.


Censorship number 116411
Date 1976-12-10
Classification Suitable for all audiences


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.85:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Dolby Digital
Colour type Colour
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2204 meter
Length in minutes 81 min


Production location

Södermalm Stockholm Sweden
Enskede rackethall Enskede Sweden
Älvsjö Sweden
Skärholmen Sweden

Release dates

Release in Sweden 2009-10-23 Sweden 81 min
Festival showing 2010-01-31 Bergakungen 4 Gothenburg Sweden 81 min 33:e Göteborg International Film Festival.
TV showing 2012-09-22 SVT2 Sweden
2015-09-22 SVT1 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Too Much of Nothing
Composer Bob Dylan (1967)
Lyrics Bob Dylan (1967)


Awards

Nominated for the Guldbagge Award Stockholm 2010 Best Actor in a Leading Role Olle Sarri

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Duplicate positive
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Digital intermediate
Item base Polyester
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


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Extent 15 s. + 7 s. för- och eftertext samt musiklista.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title The ape
Extent 16 s.
Language English


Script type Inspelningsmanus
Script title Apan. Av Jesper Ganslandt version 4.
Extent 9 s.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title The ape
Extent 16 s.
Language English


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language English


Type Program/Reklamtryck



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