A Man Called Ove(2016)

Plot Summary

• 59 year old Ove is the blocks grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terraced house opposite and accidentally backs into Oves mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship.A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. Scriptwriter and director: Hannes Holm Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, Catharina Larsson, Börje Lundgren, Stefan Gödicke, Klas Wiljergård, Johan WiderbergFacts: Based on the Swedish author Fredrik Backmans bestselling book, which has been sold to more than 30 countries world-wide and directed by Hannes Holm (Behind blue skies and the films in the box office hit-franchise about the Andersson family, 2012, 2013) comes this heartfelt, poetic and humorous dramedy about an old curmudgeon who has given up on everything including himself. But his life and negative approach to the world is putt o the test when a new family moves

Storyline

• 59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terraced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. After forty years of dedicated work on the railways, 59-year-old widower Ove Lindahl, a cantankerous creature of habit and the fear of his well-kept suburban neighbourhood, finds himself forced into retirement. And now that he has given up on life, Ove can watch over his gated community like a hawk and whittle down the monotony of his miserable existence. But life is as exciting as it is unexpected. Suddenly, a new next-door neighbour takes Ove by surprise, and a reluctant friendship gives him a new lease of life. However, is the cynical but sympathetic curmudgeon capable of change? — Nick Riganas