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TUESDAY CLUB (2022)
Starring Marie Richardson, Peter Stormare and Ida Engvoll. Directed by Annika Appelin.

Food is the way to the heart in this entertaining and heart-warming Swedish romantic comedy. When a sudden change forces Karin to re-evaluate her life, an old school friend Monika persuades her and their mutual friend Pia to join a cooking class led by renowned chef Henrik – and so begins the Tuesday Club. In the hot kitchen among exotic spices, amazing food, old and new friends, more than one of Karin's long-lost passions are reborn as she refuses to accept that life has an expiration date and realises it’s never too late to chase your dream.

A MAN CALLED OVE (2017)
Starring Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, Tobias Almborg, Klas Wiljergård, Chatarina Larsson, Börje Lundberg, Stefan Gödicke and Johan Widerberg. Directed by Hannes Holm.

Ove is the quintessential angry old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, who spends his days enforcing block association rules that only he cares about, and visiting his wife’s grave, Ove has given up on life.

Enter a boisterous young family next door who accidentally flatten Ove’s mailbox while moving in and subsequently earn his special brand of ire. Yet from this inauspicious beginning, an unlikely friendship forms and we come to understand Ove’s past happiness and heartbreaks. What emerges is a heartwarming tale of unreliable first impressions and the gentle reminder that life is sweeter when it's shared.

REVIEWS A Man Called Ove - Growing old cantankerously in sweet Swedish drama