The Ex-Wife (2017)

Sweden, 90 min
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Original title Exfrun
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Average rating 3,01 / 5
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • Sweden
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • Swedish
  • English
Swedish release 2017-02-17

Cast

Ellen Olaison
flickvännen

Nina Zanjani
frun

Maria Sundbom
exfrun

Karl Linnertorp
pojkvännen

Robin Keller
fruns man

Erik Sundfelt
exmannen

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Plot summary

Klara is newly in love and all she wants is to be close to Jacob. Anna times her husband with a stopwatch when he gets their baby’s bottle ready. Vera can’t let go of her former husband....

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Titles

Original title
  • Exfrun
Swedish release title
  • Exfrun
International title
  • The Ex-Wife
Working title
  • Ex-frun

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Production Manager
Production Designer
Assistant Director
Boom Operator
Adaptation
Unit Manager
Production Assistant
Casting
Production Accountant
Post Production Supervisor
First Assistant Cameraman
Digital Grading
Visual Effects
Music Supervisor
Assistant Production Designer
Sound Editor
Re-recording Mixer
Titles
Other Crew
Co-producer
Casting Assistant
Gaffer
Best Boy
Costume Designer
Costume Assistant
Foley

Cast

Ellen Olaison flickvännen
Nina Zanjani frun
Maria Sundbom exfrun
Karl Linnertorp pojkvännen
Robin Keller fruns man
Erik Sundfelt exmannen
Louise Ryme Petra
Esben Dalgaard Preben
Emmeli Johansson Stjärnfeldt ung tjej
Bo Melin Betraktare
Martin McFaul betraktare
Jan Coster Stellan
Iza Boëthius Sanna
Susanne Svensson exfruns väninna
Jasmin Farran Minna / deltagare på möhippa
Amelie Svenstedt deltagare på möhippa
Elisabet Klingenstierna deltagare på möhippa
Love Carlsson deltagare på möhippa
Alice Månsdotter Viklund deltagare på möhippa
Maria Granath deltagare på möhippa
Isac Victor kille som kissar
Fabian Silén dansande geléklump
Martin Nick Alexandersson nyanställd på AW
Karl Thunberg del av killgäng
Andreas Rågsjö del av killgäng
William Bailey del av killgäng
Daniel Hausknecht tysk utbytesstudent
Monica Orrhult-Svärdström farmor
Oliver Petric Walter
Hannah-Eloise Caulier Signe
Eleazar Blomgren Viggo
Amandus Hoffren Olga

Companies

Production Company Kjellson & Wik AB
Copyright Kjellson & Wik AB
Visual Effects Lemur Motion
Co-Production Company Film Väst
Post Production Company Auditory studio
Cloudberry Post studio
Shoot & Post AB studio
Cloudberry Post bild
Titles Lemur Motion
Insurance Trygg-Hansa
Other Company Baker Tilly revision
Camera center teknik
Light Center Gothenburg AB teknik
Dagsljus teknik
Atat teknik
Shoot & Post AB DCP mastering
Bio Capitol biograf, testvisning
Supported by Göteborgs stad
Planning allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Lindholmen Science Park
Distributor in Sweden (DCP) Triart Film AB 2017
Recording Studio Auditory

Plot summary

Klara is newly in love and all she wants is to be close to Jacob. Anna times her husband with a stopwatch when he gets their baby’s bottle ready. Vera can’t let go of her former husband. With humour and seriousness The Ex-Wife tells the story of three relation - ships, where the Girlfriend, the Wife, and the Ex-wife all come together in a revealing satire of the arc of relationships – from falling in love to divorce.

Swedish censorship / rating

Certificate number 204212
Date 2017-01-23
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Notes Digitalfil.
Grounds for decision Framställningen bedöms sakna inslag som kan vara till skada för välbefinnandet för barn.


Technical specifications

Length in minutes 90 min


Production location

(sammanlagt 16 inspelningsdagar) 2015-03-22 2016-10-06
Västra Götaland Sweden

Release dates

Festival showing 2017-01-29 Draken Gothenburg Sweden 90 min Göteborg Film Festival 2017
Release in Sweden 2017-02-17 Sweden
TV showing 2020-07-13 SVT1 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Krönvals
By Petter Utbult
Music Recording Supervisor Linn Fijal
Performed by Johannes Jareteg


Original title Merrymaking at My Place
By Calvin Harris
Performed by Calvin Harris


Original title Rasputin
By Frank Farian
George Reyam
Fred Jay
Performed by Boney M


Original title Stay with Me Forever
By Markus Lindmark
Finn Strömberg
Thomas Meyer
Performed by Karl Linnertorp
Ellen Olaison


Original title Awake
By Ellen Olaison
Performed by Ellen Olaison


Original title Games for Girls
By Jakob Emtestam
Miranda Kilbey
Elektra Kilbey
Jonnali Parmenius
Hans-Peter Lindstrøm
Performed by Say Lou Lou
Hans-Peter Lindstrøm


Original title Ave Maria
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (Preludium, C-dur, nr 1 ur Wohltemperirte Klavier)
Charles Gounod (bearbetning 1859)
Performed by Richard Hayman (arrangemang för violin och harpa)
Richard Hayman (tillsammans medsin orkester)


Original title Just Because
By Lloyd Price
Performed by Lloyd Price


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 Digitalt visningsmaterial


Holdings Scripts

Script type Peripheral material


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