Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem
| Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Jan Troell |
| Written by | Per Olov Enquist Jan Troell Göran Setterberg |
| Produced by | Göran Setterberg |
| Starring | Antti Reini Maria Heiskanen |
| Cinematography | Jan Troell |
Release dates |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | Sweden Finland Germany |
| Languages | Finnish Swedish |
Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (Swedish: Il Capitano) is a 1991 Swedish-Finnish biographical drama film directed by Jan Troell about the 1988 Åmsele murders in which a family of three was murdered by Juha Valjakkala over a stolen bicycle.
Antti Reini stars as Valjakkala, renamed Jari in the film, and Maria Heiskanen as his girlfriend Marita Routalammi, renamed Minna. Being released so soon after the actual event, the film was very controversial and received highly-mixed reviews, with some critics praising it for the difficult choice of subject and others condemning it for the same reason.[1]
Cast[edit]
- Antti Reini as Jari
- Maria Heiskanen as Minna
- Berto Marklund as Police
- Antti Vierikko as Jari age 13
- Harri Mallenius as Teacher
- Marjut Dahlström as Teacher
- Eva Stellby as Post-Mortem Dissector
- Matti Dahlberg as Father
- Christina Frambäck as Priest
Awards and nominations[edit]
- Amanda Awards
- Best Foreign Feature Film (Troell, won)
- 42nd Berlin International Film Festival
- Best Director (Troell, won)[2]
- Golden Bear (Troell, nominated)
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Best Actress (Heiskanen, won)
- 27th Guldbagge Awards[3]
- Best Film (won)
- Best Actor (Reini, nominated)
- Best Cinematography (Troell, nominated)
- Best Screenplay (Enquist, nominated)
References[edit]
- ^ Summary/comment at the Swedish Film Institute (in Swedish)
- ^ "Berlinale: 1992 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ "Il Capitano (1991)". Swedish Film Institute. 17 March 2014. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014.
External links[edit]
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- 1990s Finnish-language films
- 1990s Swedish-language films
- Films directed by Jan Troell
- Best Film Guldbagge Award winners
- Swedish biographical drama films
- Finnish biographical drama films
- 1990s biographical drama films
- 1991 drama films
- 1991 multilingual films
- Swedish multilingual films
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