Starting
Original version with subtitles (no more shows planned at the moment)
Poster
Director
Tomas Alfredson
Cast
Kåre Hedebrant (Oskar), Lina Leandersson (Eli), Per Ragnar (Håkan), Henrik Dahl (Erik), Karin Bergquist (Yvonne), Peter Carlberg (Lacke), Ika Nord (Virginia), Mikael Rahm (Jocke), Karl-Robert Lindgren (Gösta)
Plot Outline
Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor Eli, who only appears at night in the snow-covered playground outside their building.
Genre
Horror, Drama
Runtime
114 minutes
Production country
SE, NO, FR
Released
2008