The Parasite (2005)

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Original title	Parasiten
Swedish release title	Parasiten
International title	The Parasite
Working title	Projekt 96
Translated title	The Sponger (eng)

Director	Lisa Munthe
Screenplay	Jens Jonsson Lisa Munthe
Producer	Helen Ahlsson
Production Manager	Leena Enäkoski-Varjamo
Director of Photography	Ewa Cederstam
Music	Johan Ramström
Production Designer	Ted Kjellsson
Film Editor	Malin Lindström
Production Mixer	Eric Westring
Assistant Director	Emma Hallin
Production Coordinator	Lizette Jonjic
Location Manager	Niklas Evertsson
Legally responsible	Anita Oxburgh
Unit Manager	Caroline Johansson Byh (as Caroline Johansson)
Production Assistant	Herman Waara Ann Holmberg
Film Commissioner	Anne-Marie Söhrman (as Anne-Marie Söhrman Fermelin) (Svenska Filminstitutet) Per Holm (Film i Västerbotten) Sirel Peensaar (Filmpool Nord)
First Assistant Cameraman	Niklas Johansson
Second Assistant Cameraman	Hanibal Asmar
Gaffer	Bengt Wallin
Best Boy	Peter Brännström
Negative Cutter	Stefan Eriksson
Lab Coordinator	Bo Svensson (projektledare)
Digital Grading	Kjell Amrén
Assistant Production Designer	Helena Sjölin
Costume Designer	Love Larson
Make-up / Hair	Love Larson
Assistant Costume Designer	Ulf Jonsson
Make-up Assistant	Ulf Jonsson
Sound Editor	Bo Persson Stefan Ljungberg
Re-recording Mixer	Anders Larsson
Trainee	Frank Andersson Nicklas Lyrén
Graphics	Jesper Klarin
Other Crew	Sandra Harms (förproduktionsledare)

Jonas Inde	Niklas
Lo Kauppi	Li
Jeja Sundström	Niklas mamma
Roland Hedlund	Runesson
Claes Hartelius	Micke
Kåre Mölder	Kurt
Dan Turdén	Parasiten
Maria Pedersen	arbetskompis
Simon Albertsson	arbetskompis
Leif-Göran Johansson	lastbilschaufför
Leif Andersson	lastbilschaufför
Lars-Olof Andersson	kyrkogårdsskötare
Niklas Evertsson	man utanför krog
Nils-Gunnar From	fabriksköpare
Sven-Åke Sandström	fabriksköpare
Janne Lindqvist	stunt

Production Company	Migma Film AB		(i samarbete med)
Co-Production Company	Sveriges Television AB		(SVT Fiktion)
	Film i Västerbotten
	Filmpool Nord AB
	Oy Yleisradio Ab
Supported by	Europeiska unionens regionala strukturfond		(Mål 1)
Advance allocations	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2005	(utökat förhandsstöd)
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2004
	Storuman Energi AB
	Storumans Kommun
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Folkets Bio AB	2005
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB
Sales	Migma Film AB

Niklas is a truck driver in a chipboard factory in a small community in northern Sweden. He is a lonely bachelor, who longs for someone to love and share his future with - but girls are in short supply and his mother tries to help her unenterprising son. Repeated threats of redundancies make the future in the small community uncertain. Irritation grows between those who work for a living and the community’s “parasites”. And when it becomes clear that the factory is to close, things really get out of hand. Niklas and the people around him are changed beyond recognition.

Censorship number	141560
Date	2005-02-25
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	835 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 485-350

Aspect ratio	1.85:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Dolby Stereo Spectral Recording
Colour type	Colour
Frames per second	24
Length in minutes	29 min

Storuman, Lappland

Sweden

(hösten)

2004

2004

Other showing	2005-01-27	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden	30 min	(35 mm, Novellfilmpressvisning)
Festival showing	2005-02-01	Pustervik	Gothenburg	Sweden	29 min	(Digibeta, Göteborg Film Festival)
Release in Sweden	2005-04-08	Zita - Folkets Bio	Stockholm	Sweden	30 min
TV showing	2005-07-12	SVT2		Sweden	29 min
Festival showing	2005-09		Umeå	Sweden	29 min	(35 mm,Umeå Filmfestival)
	2005-10		Uppsala	Sweden	29 min	(35 mm, Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival)
	2011-10-29	Slottsbiografen	Uppsala	Sweden	29 min	30.e Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival 2011.
	2011-10-30	Slottsbiografen	Uppsala	Sweden	29 min	30:e Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival 2011.

Original title	Crazy in Love
Composer	Larry Forsberg	(2003)
	Sven-Inge Sjöberg	(2003)
	Lennart Wastesson	(2003)
Lyrics	Larry Forsberg	(2003)
	Sven-Inge Sjöberg	(2003)
	Lennart Wastesson	(2003)
Singer	Jill Johnson

Original title	Parasiten
Composer	Johan Ramström
Performed by	Johan Ramström

Original title	Kanon, violin (3), b.c., D-dur
Composer	Johann Pachelbel	(1700)
Musical Arrangement	Jean-François Paillard	(1983)
Orchestra	Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard	(1983)
Orchestra Leader	Jean-François Paillard	(1983)

Special Mention	Gothenburg	2005			(Novellpristävlingen, Göteborg International Film Festival, Sverige)

Svensk novellfilm 2004 (2005)

contains

The Parasite (2005)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	835

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Low contrast print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	833

Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	The Parasite

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Parasiten. Av Jens Jonsson & Lisa Munthe. Inspelningsmanus.
Extent	26 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Parasiten
Extent	13 s. + 5 s. eftertext samt musiklista.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Parasiten. Pressinfo.
Extent	1 s.
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck