Den bästa sommaren
- Kjell Bergqvist: Yngve Johansson
- Anastasios Soulis: Mårten
- Rebecca Scheja: Annika
- Cecilia Nilsson: Woman Svanström
- Ann Petrén: Woman Ljungstrom
The Swedish children's film Love in tin cans ( Original title: The bästa sommaren ) is a tragicomedy. The Swedish premiere was on March 3, 2000. Hire The international English title is A Summer Tale.
Action
The two orphans Mårten and Annika go in 1958 during the summer vacation to the funeral director Yngve Johansson, where everything has to go according to fixed times. First, the children therefore paralyze his great grandfather clock, because after all, holidays. And otherwise they bring so some confusion in his life.
Mårten and Annika are considered by the narrow-minded villagers very critical. Thus the two come closer to each other more quickly. The children noted that Yngve Johansson is a rather shy person and basically said it like they fare, so they want to help him, and make it last, that it comes together with the teacher women Svanström. And the relationship between Mårten and Annika is getting deeper. So they decide their love for ever to show in which they have their name tattooed each other in the arm. This behavior displeases the Youth Authority, and they demanded that the children be immediately disconnected and come back to their foster parents.
Only at the last moment, summarizes Yngve Johansson a heart, and prevents the children will be taken away. He wants to marry woman Svanström, and together they want to adopt the children.
People
Mårten is a timid boy. He suffers greatly from the fact that his mother has died. It handles this by writing her letters in which he tells her about his experiences. Mårten is very smart and works hard on yourself. He wants to be a lawyer in order to improve the world. By meeting with Annika he is courageous and experiences his first love.
Annika has difficulty in school, of which she suffers greatly. She is very brave, and wants to be prescribe by nobody's business. Annika craves affection, so they would later be a whore, because she sure does not need any special notes, and is embraced even for money. Annika learns through love to Mårten that you have to adapt to other people.
Yngve Johansson puts great emphasis on order and discipline. Everything has to go with him according to fixed rules. The rigor serves him only as protection to allow anyone ran too close to itself. He is very cautious, and do not dare to speak his mind. Due to the love for the children he matures in his behavior and finally dares to speak his mind.
Reviews
" Ulf Malmros has managed a wonderfully light, delicate cinema comedy that reflects the whole bizarreness in the small and big things of life with a lot of people love. The fact that it is the children who can arrange the feelings of Johannsson back to their immediate unprejudiced way, makes the film a children's film for children and adults alike. And Kjell Bergqvist as Johannson a wonderful Walter Matthau of the North. " www.tvtv.de
Awards
In 2000, Love received two German Film Awards in tin cans; LUCAS award and the Children's Film Award at the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck. Ulf Malmros got for the bästa also sommaren the Dutch Cinekid Film Award and the Finnish Olulu price.
This is followed by 2001, the Swedish Guldbagge price for Kjell Bergqvist as best actor. Ulf Malmros received for the bästa also sommaren the audience prize at the Norwegian children's film festival in Kristiansand.