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The Last Word
Why this pick
Like A Man Called Ove, it turns grief and difficult behavior into a moving story of late-life connection, with dry humor steadily giving way to warmth.
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MOVIE2015 1h 56m SWE
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
59-year-old widower Ove Lindahl lives in a townhouse neighborhood, where he used to be the chairman of the neighborhood association, until he was replaced by Rune, his former friend. Rune is now paralysed after suffering a stroke, and being cared for by his wife, Anita. Ove is depressed after losing his wife, Sonja, a schoolteacher, to cancer six months previously. Having worked at the same company for 43 years, he is pushed into retiring. His suicide attempt to hang himself are repeatedly interrupted by Swedish Iranians Parvaneh, her Swedish husband Patrick and their two children, who are moving into the house across the street.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Rolf Lassgård
Ove
Bahar Pars
Parvaneh
Filip Berg
Unga Ove
Ida Engvoll
Sonja
Börje Lundberg
Rune
Stefan Gödicke
Oves pappa
Johan Widerberg
Vitskjortan
Maja Rung
Unga Anita