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Original title Knäcka
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue

Cast

Filip Benko
Goran

Jelena Mila
Marija, Gorans mamma

My Lestander
Linnea

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Plot summary

Goran just got out of high school and doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life. Should he stick with his small time gangster friends and make some cash, or listen to Zeko in the fast...

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Titles

Original title
International title
Alternative title
Working title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Sound Design
First Assistant Director
Stunt Coordinator
Story Editor
Co-producer
Unit Manager
Second Unit Director of Photography
Costume Designer
Make-up / Hair
Sound Assistant
Sound Editor
Foley
Re-recording Mixer

Cast

Filip Benko Goran
Jelena Mila Marija, Gorans mamma
My Lestander Linnea
Ramazan Aslan Ramazan
Can Demirtas Jocke
Georgi Staykov Zeko
Nick Wolf Nick
Peter Eggers Markus
Ivica Zubak pizzabagare
Fyr Thorvald Strömberg Tomas
Rainer Gerdes polis
Mattias Sandström polis
Sophie Helsing resebyråtjänsteman

Companies

Production Company Dansk Skalle AB
Co-Production Company Medusa Production
Too Much Too Soon
Film i Skåne AB
Distributor in Sweden Dansk Skalle AB

Plot summary

Goran just got out of high school and doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life. Should he stick with his small time gangster friends and make some cash, or listen to Zeko in the fast food stall who thinks you should go to school forever? Right now he is satisfied drinking beer and hitting on girls. But when his mom gets really sick and has to go to the hospital he has to make a choice. She wants to go back to her homeland Croatia one last time, she has even saved up the money. It’s waiting for Goran in a plastic bag under her pillow. It’s time to make the decision that will change his life forever.

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 146260
Date 2009-01-27
Classification Allowed from age 11


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.85:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Dolby Digital
Colour type Colour
Length in minutes 83 min


Production location

2006-07-03 2006-07-31
Bredäng Stockholm Sweden
Södermalm Stockholm Sweden
Split Croatia

Release dates

Festival showing 2009-03-10 Victoria Malmö 81 min BUFF Filmfestival i Malmö 2009.
2009-03-13 Victoria Malmö Sweden 81 min BUFF Filmfestival i Malmö.
2009-04-20 Stockholm Sweden 81 min Stockholm Filmfestival Junior
TV showing 2010-08-30 SVT2 Sweden 81 min
2012-09-13 SVT2 Sweden
2013-08-13 SVT1 Sweden

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



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