The film presents five childhood friends in their twenties who have grown up together in the town Falkenberg. The movie chronicles what they call "their last summer" in the town, faced with the prospect that sooner or later they have to move up to Gothenburg. Their lives in Falkenberg currently circle around nothing and each other: Holger, who seems to be the central figure of the five, faces fears of moving away from his hometown and becoming clichéd; his brother John, grumpy and lazy; Jesper, the only member of the group who already attempted to move away from the town, but ends up coming back nevertheless; Jörgen, who is in the process of setting up a catering business, but without much prospect; and David, the sensitive loner and Holger's best friend, whose diary serves as a narration for the story. The film offers vignettes of the seemingly empty lives of the five: wandering in nature, dealing with the parental expectations, swimming in the sea and burglarizing homes (although more as a pastime activity opposed to a financial source).
At the climax of the movie, David wraps up his diary and mails it off to Holger. He then packs up a shotgun, goes out to the forest and commits suicide. Holger is initially distraught, but eventually, as David predicted in his diary, "life goes on" and the remaining friends settle back into their former routine of killing time and facing their inevitable prospects.
falkenberg, farewell, swedish, farväl, falkenberg, 2006, swedish, drama, film, written, directed, jesper, ganslandt, nominated, four, guldbagge, awards, including, best, film, well, being, selected, sweden, submission, academy, award, best, foreign, language, . Falkenberg Farewell Swedish Farval Falkenberg is a 2006 Swedish drama film written and directed by Jesper Ganslandt It was nominated for four Guldbagge Awards including Best Film as well as being selected as Sweden s submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards Falkenberg FarewellTheatrical release posterDirected byJesper GanslandtWritten byJesper GanslandtFredrik WenzelProduced byAnna AnthonyCinematographyFredrik WenzelEdited byJesper GanslandtMichal LeszczylowskiMusic byErik EnockssonDistributed bySonet FilmRelease dates8 September 2006 2006 09 08 Venice Film Festival 22 September 2006 2006 09 22 Sweden Running time91 minutesCountrySwedenLanguageSwedish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 See also 4 External linksPlot EditThe film presents five childhood friends in their twenties who have grown up together in the town Falkenberg The movie chronicles what they call their last summer in the town faced with the prospect that sooner or later they have to move up to Gothenburg Their lives in Falkenberg currently circle around nothing and each other Holger who seems to be the central figure of the five faces fears of moving away from his hometown and becoming cliched his brother John grumpy and lazy Jesper the only member of the group who already attempted to move away from the town but ends up coming back nevertheless Jorgen who is in the process of setting up a catering business but without much prospect and David the sensitive loner and Holger s best friend whose diary serves as a narration for the story The film offers vignettes of the seemingly empty lives of the five wandering in nature dealing with the parental expectations swimming in the sea and burglarizing homes although more as a pastime activity opposed to a financial source At the climax of the movie David wraps up his diary and mails it off to Holger He then packs up a shotgun goes out to the forest and commits suicide Holger is initially distraught but eventually as David predicted in his diary life goes on and the remaining friends settle back into their former routine of killing time and facing their inevitable prospects Cast EditJohn Axel Eriksson as John Holger Eriksson as Holger David Johnson as David Jesper Ganslandt as Jesper Jorgen Svensson as Jorgen Rolf Sundberg as Jesper s father Ulla Jerndin as Holger s and John s mother Per Ola Eriksson as Holger s and John s father Helena Svensson as Jorgen s motherSee also EditThe Ape director Jesper Ganslandt s second feature film List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmExternal links EditFarval Falkenberg at IMDb Falkenberg Farewell at the Swedish Film Institute Database Farval Falkenberg at Moviemix This article related to a Swedish film of the 2000s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Falkenberg Farewell amp oldid 1111480795, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
