Cover image for A man called Ove = En man som heter Ove
Title:
A man called Ove = En man som heter Ove
Author:
Holm, Hannes, screenwriter, film director.
Publication Information:
Chicago, IL : Music Box Films, [2016]

©2016
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Ove, a grumpy, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, decides to give up on life until an unlikely friendship develops with a boisterous young family that moves in next door.
General Note:
Based on the novel by Fredrik Backman.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.

Special features: The Ove in us all : a talk with Hannes Holm, Rolf Lassgård, and Bahar Pars; director and cast Q&A at Scandinavia House NYC; makeup gallery; makeup time-lapse; theatrical trailer.
Language:
Swedish
Reading Level:
Rating: PG-13; for thematic content, some disturbing images, and language.
Personal Subject:
Backman, Fredrik, 1981--Film and video adaptations.
Subject Term:
Older men -- Sweden -- Drama.

Negativism -- Drama.

Widowers -- Sweden -- Drama.

Loss (Psychology) -- Drama.

Citizens' associations -- Sweden -- Drama.

Neighbors -- Drama.

Intergenerational relations -- Drama.

Friendship -- Drama.
Geographic Term:
Sweden -- Drama.
Genre:
Dark comedy films.

Film adaptations.

Fiction films.

Feature films.
Added Author:
Holm, Hannes,

Bellander Rune, Annica,

Wikström Nicastro, Nicklas,

Lassgård, Rolf, 1955- ,

Pars, Bahar, 1979- ,

Berg, Filip, 1986- ,

Engvoll, Ida, 1985- ,

Larsson, Chatarina, 1947- ,

Lundberg, Börje, 1953- ,

Almborg, Tobias,

Wiljergård, Klas,

Karimi, Poyan, 1985- ,

Edenroth, Simon,

Widerberg, Johan, 1974-

Gödicke, Stefan, 1970- ,

Akgün, Zozan,

Hallberg, Göran, 1959- ,

Storaas, Gaute,

Morheden, Fredrik,

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Backman, Fredrik, 1981- Man som heter Ove.
Added Corporate Author:
Tre Vänner Produktion AB.,

Film i Väst (Firm)

Nordisk Film (Firm),

Fantefilm (Firm),

Nordsvensk Filmunderhållning (Firm),

Sveriges television,

Music Box Films,
UPC:
751778950775
Format :
DVD

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